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Word: boastfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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HARVARD, Mass.--As America's oldest university, Harvard likes to boast of its uniqueness. After all, there's one and only one Harvard, right? Think again...

Author: By Sewell Chan, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 'Harvard' Is More Than A University | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...periods of inaction and illness have led to passivity and long hospital stays, reminding the Russians of the Brezhnev-Chernenko era." How long Yeltsin's latest recovery will last is anybody's guess: "Over last 80 years, the Soviet school of medicine has attained only one major achievement to boast: it has honed to perfection the craft of boosting up Politburo members and keeping them going, even if they were not at the top of their capacity to rule the country," says Zarakhovich. Yeltsin is now putting the Soviet school of medicine to its toughest test. -->