Word: boasts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this year's finish, a first-round NCAA loss to Michigan State, did not equal the previous two Final Four appearances of the last two Crimson teams, this duo can look back at its accomplishments and realize that not many graduating seniors on other teams in the nation could boast of such a resume...
...thought that I did, so I told them: "I do perhaps the best Bill Murray imitation on the East Coast." This was no idle boast, for my claim, so far as I knew, was true. Having travelled from my home on Long Island as far north as Boston and as far south as Atlanta, I had yet to encounter any fellow youths whose Murray mimicry could rival...
VARSITY Liquor is moving out. The little store wedged into a corner of the Square next to the Tasty has been serving the neighborhood for more than 50 years. Although the Varsity could never boast a huge selection, students could always count on it for beer or booze for extracurricular activities...
...Assistant Professor of Neurology Shahram Khoshbin points to the Currier House seminar he taught last year. Not only does he boast that he taught the class to a small group of students, but among them was Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach, who even attended class the night after he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry...
...hardly surprising that much of the violence in the inner city is crack fueled. Dealers too young to boast a driver's license have ready access to state-of-the-art firearms: Uzi submachine guns, .357 Magnums and MAC 10s. "You don't see Saturday-night specials anymore," says New York Deputy Police Chief Raymond Kelly. "It's a thing of the past." Adolescent gunmen have itchier trigger fingers. Gang shootouts caused 387 deaths in Los Angeles last year; more than half the victims were innocent bystanders. "You put a gun in kids' hands, and they are more dangerous than...