Word: boasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that there is more hope for the progress of true ideals in the modern world from a nation even newly rich than there is from a nation chronically poor. Honest poverty is one thing, but lack of industry and character is quite another. While we do not need to boast of our prosperity or vaunt our ability to accumulate wealth, I see no occasion to apologize...
...Eating in America," Mr. Macauley says "Eating on this side of the Atlantic has become one of the lost arts." The problem Harvard faces also seems to be a national one--the result of America's special ogre, standardization. Cursing cafeterias and similar quick lunch places whose proud boast is a meal a minute, the epicure goes on to comment regretfully on the days when dinners were both edifying and edible. Like Christopher Morley he is a strong advocate of the Three Hours for Luncheon Club...
...work continues; and the fame of the organization increases. Within the past two seasons there have been produced on Broadway three plays which had their first presentation in America (and one its first presentation anywhere) by the Harvard Dramatic Club. Probably no other college or amateur theatrical group can boast of such an achievement...
Thus far he has achieved one striking forensic passage quoted in news organs throughout the Empire: "Men who are engaged in sport for sport's sake belong to the highest class that the country can boast-clean, generous, high-minded. When this class has the opportunity to compete with the same class of representatives of another nation it cannot fail to sow the seeds of a mutual knowledge and understanding which will ripen into a lasting fine friendship between the nations...
...played the game of football, Glick. Time and again Mahan or King would get loose only to be tackled by Click. Harvard was lucky to win 10 to 6. Yale also managed to beat this Princeton team coached by "Speedy" Rush but when a Yale man started to boast to Rush about the great Yale victory Rush bet the overconfident Eli that Harvard would beat Yale by 40 points. The score...