Word: bragging
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...omitted that as a House member he was generally antiabortion, voting for a proposal that would have defined a fetus as a human life, which would have negated Roe v. Wade. As Vice President he can take pride in the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. But why brag that he was the "principal proponent" of it in Congress when, at most, he co-authored one extension...
Wellesley students also brag about their advising system--which includes academic, residential, career, and even psychological counseling. When students are admitted to the college they choose an academic adviser, who is a faculty member. Each advisor has no more than three first-year students, according to Craig N. Murphy, chair of Wellesly's political science department...
Quad residents often brag that the grass is greener and the air is cleaner on the northwestern extreme of campus. Maybe that's why houses in the neighborhood behind Pforzheimer House fetch prices well into the millions...
...more sensitive, the Keating Five scandal was a near death experience that changed the way he saw himself and the system. McCain had been at best a reformer junior grade. In fact, he voted against campaign-reform measures before being sucked into the sewer himself. He used to brag about the pork he brought home to Arizona. When an opponent in the 1986 Senate race pointed out the massive campaign contributions that McCain was receiving from defense contractors, McCain accused him of running "one of the most sloppy and dirty campaigns in Arizona's history." But all the while...
Lamont's third-floor reading room was renovated this summer, and posters there brag about the power outlets at every study space. And there's space to add roaming ethernet sometime soon...