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Word: boastfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Loyola does not boast of the same one-two punch that Dartmouth does, but nevertheless its offense can be potent, as it did score 11 times against the Crimson in their one meeting...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: W. Lax To Face Loyola | 5/13/1994 | See Source »

...average age of their pitching staff is 24 years old now. The average age of eight Red Sox pitchers, on the other hand, is 34. (Frank Viola turned 34 yesterday). Still worse, the Sox boast a bunch of old players such as (former Brave) Otis Nixon, Scott Fletcher, Andre Dawson and Dave Valle...

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, | Title: Red Sox Win East. Not! | 4/21/1994 | See Source »

Keeping the string alive by winning today will not be an easy endeavor, as the Tigers boast a powerful offensive attack, orchestrated by senior Kevin Lowe, who leads the team in assists...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Princeton on Tap for Laxmen | 4/16/1994 | See Source »

When I found the real Canaday, by contrast, I was not very impressed. Admittedly, on initial inspection it has all the aesthetic appeal of a prison, and it is somewhat isolated from everything else in the Yard. While Weld residents strutted around boasting about elevators and long hallways, the only thing Canaday residents could boast about, during those nascent weeks of our residency, was the fact that we were right next to the Science Center and could get our mail before anyone else...

Author: By Nancy RAINE Reyes, | Title: A Place to Call Home | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

...Minister Indira Gandhi launched Project Tiger, which established the country's network of reserves. Western nations joined with several Asian countries to ban hunting and the trade in skins. By 1980 populations on the subcontinent had recovered to the point where B.R. Koppikar, then director of Project Tiger, could boast to the New York Times, "You can say that there is now no danger of extinction of the tiger in India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENVIRONMENT: Tigers on the Brink | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

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