Word: boasting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...John Howard Lawson was the author of Processional, perhaps the most violently discussed production of the Theatre Guild last season. His new one was therefore the more anticipated and the more discredited when it failed to measure up. It holds to the puzzling pattern of expressionism, and does not boast a plot. The general woes of this current world are chaotically included, with a little suicide and much sex. Mr. Lawson is evidently troubled with the way things are going. Perhaps he is disturbed because it has not been given to him (or anyone) to understand. Spectators of his play...
That the Prince of Wales will suffer eclipse is fairly incredible. Yet surely he will have to return soon to keep his laurels in press. For America, being thoroughly republican,, occasionally likes "the boast of heraldry, the pomp of power." Yet even greater significance attaches to this voyage of crowned heads than any transitory adumbration of the British heir. Cruising crowns are more than a novelty in the western hemisphere--they are a threat. For the whole union will have no better king than Alphonoso and America rather scruples at foreign superiority--even in crowns. The immigration officials must...
Lyonesse, the legend has it, was the outpost of Roman power in Britain. On the tip of the Cornwall peninsula it lay, between Land's End and the Scilly Isles, until the ocean rose up and swallowed it. Today, "old fisherman still boast that when the sea is still, they can hear its church bells ring far down beneath the rippling keel...
There is no athletic team in the history of University sports that can boast of a record equal to that which the Crimson squash racquets team now holds. With three state and two national championships tucked safely beneath its belt, the team bids fair to continue its brilliant record next year...
...Dartmouth players can boast no such impressive record as the Harvard sextet but they have been dogged throughout the season by bad weather conditions which have forced the cancellation of many scheduled games. Their record so far consists of wins over some small New Hampshire academies and a win over Kent School's powerful team for the first time in five years. Evidently the Green players have an ability which their record does not show as Kent is always noted for its strong stickmen...