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...fuzzy-headed radical (though his decision to seal some of his records is the subject of a court fight). But one question is whether voters will care more about what he did in Montpelier than what he says he will do in the White House. Dean's proudest boast is that he balanced 11 budgets in a row, and he promises to bring that same tightfistedness to Washington. But take a hard look at what he is proposing, and it is uncertain how he would get that done...
Ruggiero, arguably the best women’s hockey defenseman in the game, holds the school record for a defenseman in goals and assists and can boast a gold and silver medal from the 1998 and 2002 Olympics, respectively...
When Congress voted to cover prescription-drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, President Bush got a chance to boast of his Trumanesque buck-stopping as the nation's top executive. "We have a responsibility in Washington to solve problems and not pass them on," he said. As the largest expansion of the program since its inception in 1965, the $400 billion plan was a big solution indeed. But for a band of deficit hawks and rainy-day worriers in Washington, it was a horror--the latest evidence that in the past five years they have become voices in the wilderness...
...University’s notoriously discerning admissions office effectively grants right of entry to post-graduate Harvard Clubs. Few social establishments can boast of an application for membership that requires a personal essay and a laundry list of scholastic accolades?...
...Journal of Infectious Diseases reported that the number of people getting measles in migrant populations was almost eight times higher than in resident communities, largely because migrants are either too broke or too disenfranchised to get routine childhood immunizations. Indeed, two of China's poorer neighbors, Vietnam and Mongolia, boast higher rates of routine childhood immunization than China, because of their greater public-health commitment. "All of the international organizations in China have sent clear signals that the public-health system needs to be reformed," says the WHO's Lee. "But so far, we've had almost no response...