Word: boasting
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...Harvard should continue to boast of its politically correct values and dedication to multicultural awareness and understanding, it ought to extend that sensitivity to every culture. To question whether Italian-Americans deserve that consideration—being largely considered, on everything from census forms to college applications, as generically “white”—or whether the mobster stereotype legitimately can offend is unfair. Certainly few questioned the rights of Native Americans and Muslims to cavil about The Salient or the Crimson sports page for their commentary. In this instance, however, the parody of The Godfather...
...Augusto Pinochet was removed from power in 1989, Chile has been working to stabilize its democracy. The last Chilean president to visit Cuba was socialist Salvador Allende, who considered himself a great friend of the dictator, Fidel Castro. Bachelet’s administration has consistently shown its eagerness to boast of its democratic achievements, but improving relations with a regime that categorically opposes and publicly criticizes these democratic goals is a step in the wrong direction...
...talent to the streets of Harvard Square. One might have spotted Michel last summer playing Klezmer music with Ted Sharpe ’76, a computational biologist at The Broad Institute at MIT and an amateur fiddle player. Michel and Sharpe are not the only street performers who boast an impressive resume of academic credentials and musical training. Street performers around Cambridge and Boston defy the stereotypical perception of performers as glorified panhandlers. Many of them are at least college-educated and have a range of other careers available to them—from teaching to designing software. They choose...
...once occupied by popular nightclubs, including Avalon and Axis. Boston nightlife mogul Patrick T. Lyons originally planned to replace the nightclubs with a complex called Music Hall before making a deal with the House of Blues. In addition to a performance space, the Boston House of Blues will boast a restaurant, gift shop, and VIP lounge. Howie Y. Turkenkopf, the brand marketing manager for the location, said that choosing the new space—which seats nearly 2,500 people and sports eight bars in total—was a careful process. “You’re just...
...Back to the Start” is oddly set to a techno beat, when it could have benefited from a slower, soulful pace, but this compositional decision does lend the piece a gushing, earnest and embarrassed tone below the overpowering background noise. The song does, however, boast a sincere moment of respite from the buzz in which Allen promises, “this is not just a song / I intend to put these words into action.” The singer displays more skill with techno influences in her criticism of drug culture, “Everyone?...