Word: boasting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beethoven in Ballparks. Last week, with his orchestra midway through its fourth annual tour, Conductor Swalin was proud of his boast that "in North Carolina, the word 'symphony' is no longer something to be afraid of." Minneapolis-born and Vienna-trained, Ben Swalin had had his big idea for a traveling symphony while teaching music appreciation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There was hardly a city in the state that was large enough to support a regular symphony. Swalin decided that if people couldn't come to the music, then the music should...
Exeter also boast a capable weight team. Unlike most years, crew has by paused a few of the brawny preschoolers, whom the "Big Red" coach has used to good avail...
...Eagles are sorely handicapped in respect to practice, since they boast access only to public courts. The varsity, on the other hand, has had plenty of fall and spring workouts on the 12 green clay Soldiers Field courts...
...Bellhey basketball, squash, and swimming teams were responsible for giving that House its boast towards second place in the Straus standings. These squads garnered a total of 410 points by winning the inter-House events. Straus Trophy Stadings House FALL WINTER Kirkland 282 1/2 473 1/2 Lowell 211 2/3 530 Eliot 454 1/2 252 1/2 Winthrop 216 2/3 488 Leverett 190 389 1/2 Dunster 160 390 Adams 171 2/3 347 Duley...
Kirkland's reputation has always depended more on the achievements of its members than on its physical plant. On this basis, the Deacons have had a good deal to boast about since...