Word: boasting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...priests to ring church bells as warnings of inspectors approaching. When delinquent taxpayers were seized, Poujade packed the auctions to buy back their belongings for next to nothing (1? for a sofa, ½? for a radio). Sometimes Poujadists roughed up tax inspectors to discourage their zeal. Soon Poujade could boast: "In 70 departments, we are the bosses...
...newspapers' comic pages boast no stauncher defender of the good, the true and the beautiful than Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie. But last week Annie was on the pan for keeping bad company...
...Louella's likes (dancing, pretty clothes, dogs, young people, food and Hollywood) and dislikes (being called "Lolly," being lied to about stories, being doublecrossed by news sources). Lolly's headlong pursuit of trivia was highlighted by interviews with a passel of film folk, enabling Climax! to boast that 31 Hollywood stars-were in the cast of characters. The smaller audience that viewed Caesar and Cleopatra may well have been a more valuable, intelligent and perceptive group than the larger one that soaked up Louella's story. But, unfortunately for TV's future, the advertisers who sponsor...
...will boast additional cause for rejoicing among the friends of the Emerald Isle. It marks the 181st anniversary of "Evacuation Day," the departure of the British from Boston under the guns of colonial batteries mounted on Dorchester Heights...
Unlike most other islands of the impoverished Antilles, Jamaica can boast of more than sunshine and scenery. By the low living standards of the Caribbean, Jamaica's 1,500,000 inhabitants are comparatively well off. Jamaica's soft-spoken natives (80% Negro) look healthy, clean and sleek beside the ragged poor of neighboring islands. Most of them wear shoes, and at least 70% can read and write. Rarely is a beggar seen in the orderly capital of Kingston (pop. 155,000), a city of paved streets, department stores, supermarkets and good restaurants...