Word: boasting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago for $3,640.000 the toll road ($1 a car, 25? a passenger) has long been the pride of Florida. It has the longest (seven miles) over-water bridge in the world, has been traveled by millions of tourists, many of whom agree with Florida's boast that it is "the most spectacular highway...
Manitobans like to boast that their Music Competition Festival, held in Winnipeg every year since 1918, is the biggest and best of its kind in the world. There seems to be little doubt about the bigness; tourist folders proudly proclaim that more than 20,000 children from the province's schools take part...
...Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation has shown that America's health program is grossly inadequate. No Administration can boast about its health program unless it provides two things: aid to those now unable to afford proper medical care, and the extra doctors needed to treat them...
...barber in a downtown Washington shop gabbled away as he snipped at the greying temples of his distinguished-looking customer. When the talk inevitably got around to income taxes, the barber had a proud boast: "I don't report half of my tips. They can't check up on me." A few moments later he happily pocketed a generous tip, then stiffened when his customer said: "My name is Coleman Andrews. I'm the Tax Commissioner...
...College may boast a polo team by next fall, Louis Lefevre, a member of the previous polo group, announced yesterday...