Word: boasting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were not of the caliber to hold such responsibilities. ... If there was ever an unreasonable martinet, a Captain Bligh of the U.S. Navy-Captain Bode was it, but when it came to naval warfare, logical thinking, cool judgment and action, he was all the Navy and its traditions could boast. Later, for reasons unknown to us, he found it necessary to take his life, but in the early stages of the war, when there were but a few of us and little glory, Captain Bode and the U.S.S. Chicago served their country well...
Help from Paris. It was 1920 before Canada could boast of anything like an "art movement." Then, led by J. E. H. MacDonald, a handful of painters who were tired of being pushed aside at exhibitions formed the "Group of Seven." Most of them had studied in Paris, picked up a smattering of impressionism but nothing more radical than that. What united them was a love of the Far North where they spent their vacations...
...training now shows signs of wanting to ride the gravy train along with the NAM, the farmers and certain merchants of Harvard Square. If the AVC eventually decides to campaign formally for a hike in the monthly check, such a move will give its proud boast, "Citizens first, veterans second," that unmistakable hollow ring...
...Army's sweep through Manchuria swept up, among other industrial loot, a Japanese optical-goods factory at Mukden. On the guard-box at the factory entrance (see cut) Russian soldiers painted Prince Alexander Nevsky's triumphant boast after his Russians had crushed the invading Teutonic Knights at Lake Peipus...
...moors to find it. His wife begged him to stay at home, but he told her to hush: "I'm sick of listening to this hysterical babble." Bjartur is used to doing things his own way. He takes back talk from no one. He is, he likes to boast, an independent...