Word: boasting
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...while I thought I might have a story on the the subject of the world's most pretentious donut shop. Only Cambridge, I thought, could boast a java-and-danish nook with a ridiculous French name and prices four times the normal exchange rate. But no one else seemed to notice any irregularity, and by the time the "Au Bon Pain" and "Vie de France" explosion was over, "patisserie" signs were as common as lesbian poets on the streets of Cambridge. It just wasn't news...
With the defeat, Harvard (now 6-2 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) dropped from contention in the battle for the league title, as both Brown and Cornell now boast perfect 3-0 records in the Ivies...
Nonetheless, both squads boast many individuals who promise to turn in outstanding performances...
...Hoops: Those battle cries from the West are coming from the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, the Crimson's Thursday night opponent. The Sioux, who along with Harvard and Boston College have been ranked number one in the country for the bulk of the year, boast several excellent players...
...resolved to become a pipemaker himself. That he did, with great success. Like children, bagpipes always belong, in a sense, to those who brought them into the world. Thus, while some of the musicians show off Kennedy's pipes, or Quinn's, about a quarter of those present boast a set of "Timmy's pipes...