Word: boasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Come Out? An hour and a half later, the bloodhounds set up a great bass clamor outside a potato shack on the farm of ex-Moonshiner Turner's father. Hogjaw, who likes to boast that he can outrun a horse, was right with the dogs, but the main body of cops all saw fit to maintain a respectful distance and await eventualities. Hogjaw pulled his gun, fired six shots into the shack and bravely bawled: "Come out, you sons of bitches...
...last week, Costa Ricans once again could boast that their country's schoolmasters outnumber their soldiers. This happy state of affairs had been accomplished by the simple method of abolishing the army...
...opened an eight-week repertory season at Manhattan's City Center. Theater has never done as well at the cavernous Center as opera or ballet; but the new engagement had promise. It included among its wares The Corn Is Green and The Devil's Disciple. It could boast of Maurice Evans as its boss. It had a lot of well-known actors on its roster, an advance of $130,000 in its till...