Word: boasts
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...splash in 1966, when at age 72 he reportedly swam nine miles down the Yangtze River. Then Rumania's Party Boss Nicolae Ceauşescu made hunting history in 1978 by bagging the largest bear ever shot in Europe. Now it appears that Fidel Castro too can boast of a fancy feat. During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, he is said to have shot down singlehanded an American U-2 plane...
Since the EAIAW is the only region which holds a hockey tournament (the Midwest has four varsity teams), UNH is effectively national champion. After four years of varsity status and this season's perfect 22-0 record, the Wildcats boast an awesome 71-0-1 ledger...
...names Dale Valiscenti, Doug Horton, Bob Poile, Tom Carr and Jack Burke will not go down in the annals of Harvard Hockey history as superstars. But largely due to their efforts, Harvard can now boast of its first undefeated hockey team in 70 years...
...crosses the Rose Garden colonnade to the Oval Office, where he greets his personal secretary, Helene von Damm, with a boast. "Look what I did last night," he says, handing her a plump folder of papers read and signed. Also awaiting him, as they do each morning, are two of his top aides, Edwin Meese and James Baker. "The only reason I'm late," says the leader of the free world, "is that I had to oil my face." Though his Secret Service code name is Rawhide, the Southern Californian is finding it difficult to adjust to central heating...
...Soviets furiously deny aiding international terrorists, but boast proudly of supporting "national liberation movements," a distinction Haig does not make...