Word: boastfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yale's faculty can boast many luminaries. It can also boast at least one pedophile. Yale's residential college system, modeled after 16th century sanitariums, provides insecure, anxious students with a sense of community from the moment they first arrive on campus. It also provides them an excuse to strip naked at public sporting events, thus exposing their frail, pasty forms to the eyes of others for the first time since their mothers bathed them...
Both teams boast aggressive, high-scoring forwards...
...earn less than they did in the '70s. While the country's wealth has risen dramatically, the working class is actually worse off, disproving the theory that the rising tide lifts all boats. The yachts are cruising along quite well; the rowboats are steadily taking in water. While we boast the world's richest man, our national literacy rate is one of the worst among developed nations...
...only have to defeat defending league champion Pennsylvania this week and then Yale on the road, but both Yale and Brown will also have to lose twice, and Cornell once. This scenario appears particularly unlikely considering that Brown's two remaining opponents are Dartmouth and Columbia, two squads that boast a combined record...
...many states, the Democrats' night, there are no guarantees that the party's winning streak will continue into next year's elections. And in fact, yesterday's returns delivered a real Republican coup in one important state: For the very first time, both houses in the Virginia legislature boast a Republican majority. This historical turnover deals a serious blow to Senator Chuck Robb, the Virginia Democrat who's facing a tough reelection campaign next year. In addition, if state Republican lawmakers make good on recent threats, the legislature will redraw the lines to a number of congressional districts, thus potentially...