Word: boastfulness
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Come this summer, there will be six ice cream or frozen yogurt stores within walking distance of the Yard, but only one of them will boast four walls of grass...
...devastation is a reminder that for all of its explosive economic growth, parts of China are still painfully poor. While cities like Shanghai boast some of the world's tallest and most advanced buildings, rural areas are often plagued by substandard structures. During the 1990s China updated its building codes to standards that approximate those of the U.S. and Europe, says Greg Wong, a Hong Kong-based structural engineer who has worked in China since 1985. But those standards aren't always met, he says, especially in the countryside. "If they spent more money and build buildings half as good...
...1960s, when the firm created the world's first line of wine glasses shaped specifically for different grape varieties. Now Riedel has designed a new set of lead-crystal decanters inspired by the bird life of Murano, the Venetian island famed for its glassware. The three decanters boast an avian grace: the Swan's swooping body, the Flamingo's long slender neck and the Paloma's dove-like curves. And as with any Riedel product, they are masterpieces of function as well as form. Exposing wine to oxygen for a few hours before pouring can improve its taste (thanks...
...would often be even greater. For example, under this law, Harvard would have to pay $875 million dollars of its current $34.9 billion endowment, which dwarfs the recent generous donation of $100 million from David Rockefeller ’36. Although other Massachusetts schools don’t boast as large an endowment as Harvard, they would still suffer under this law. MIT’s endowment is close to $10 billion, which would force them still to pay $247 million dollars to Beacon Hill...
Though Harvard may not boast the same home run numbers, its depth makes the line up more than capable. Every Crimson batter is hitting at a clip above .250 while five players, Lauren Murphy (.361), Ellen Macadam (.348), Emily Henderson (.341), Jess Pledger (.315), and Jen Francis (.313) are all above...