Word: boasting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most valuable citizens of this state." Golden maintains that his barbs are not treated seriously because he is Jewish. "Most Southerners," he explains, "think of Jews as surrogate Negroes. Everyone knows where I stand, but they laugh with me and at me." Golden's favorite boast is that since he is also a Yankee and a self-styled "radical," he is "a member of three minority groups...
Despite such hazards, Indians could boast that they had successfully staged the world's biggest free election. By the time the polls closed last week, 51% of India's 193 million voters had turned out. This time, moreover, the percentage of women voters was far higher than it was in the general election of 1952. In Allahabad and other Moslem centers, women in purdah not only queued up outside voting booths but docilely permitted special investigators to peek under their veils to make sure that no male ringers were sneaking in. The only serious sex-linked problem...
...Delany expects to hit his peak as a runner by 1960. But even then there may be no one around to force him to a record. There is a good chance that after he retires the admirers of Ireland's Olympic champion will be able to boast that Delany beat them...
...Crimson freshmen, who boast an eleven won, two lost record to date, should rate solid favorites over the Blue after their 10 to 2 rout of the Princeton freshmen at Watson Rink last Saturday...
...Elis boast the best scoring duo in the league in Johnny Lee, a 6-2 forward who last year led the loop in scoring with a 24.1 average, and is again hitting over 20 a game this year, and Larry Downs. Downs, a 6-5 sophomore, surprised everyone at the beginning of the season by constantly outscoring Lee, but has cooled off recently to about an 18 point average...