Word: boasts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, the women's lacrosse, tennis, track, hockey, field hockey, swimming and basketball squads all boast a bunch of top-notch younger stars after solid rebuilding years...
...pouring in with suitcases full of cash to go on shopping sprees for luxury goods unavailable in Rio. Suddenly, the Anglos realized that these new tourists spoke no English--in fact, they were coming to Miami because all their business could be transacted in Spanish. For years Miami had boasted of being the gateway to Latin America, and once that boast was fulfilled, it became clear that if you were going to be the gateway to Latin America, you had to speak Spanish to get a job. Which meant that jobs were going to go to Cubans...
...omens are promising for next year. The Crimson will boast its most experienced defense in years; Brian Buckely and Ron Cuccia will return from probational exile to battle for the quarterblack slot. But it will be a tall order to top the exaultation...
...stopped its alternate-day shelling of the Taiwan-held offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu; located less than ten miles from the Fujian coast, the islands were long regarded as symbols of the ongoing civil war between the People's Republic and the Republic of China. Fujian authorities boast that they have built five docking shelters along the province's coast for fishermen from Taiwan and that they have helped some 1,000 of them who ran into bad weather or engine breakdowns. Meanwhile, Fujian officials call for tours and even investments by their "Taiwan compatriots," some...
Pillow Talk members boast of administering at least 100 tuck-ins in the past term alone and attribute their success to the "father image" they convey. Maryland women began offering their own service, but with more personnel and at less cost-25? per tuck-in. Asked their ad in the campus paper: "When was the last time you had five girls tuck you into bed?" William L. Thomas, Maryland's vice chancellor for student affairs, endorses the trend. "It's a very gentle custom," he says. When the women heard Thomas wistfully admit he had never been tucked...