Word: bragging
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...Bechis is not one to brag...
...North Americans, are generally ignorant of the geography of other lands. As a result of this apathetic attitude, they are unable to navigate north of Garden Street. (Some especially foolish River people will go so far as to declare their pride in never having been to the Quad, or brag about their intentional avoidance of the place.) Like tourists befuddled by directions in a foreign lingo, most River residents who are willing to venture abroad are unable to hold their own in a discussion involving geographical terms like Linnaean, Shepherd and Walker.(How easily could you map the Loire...
...best Miller's dialogue was unmatched for its plainspoken eloquence and economy. Willy, the blusterer with big dreams for his sons, meets Bernard, the nerdy next-door neighbor, now grown up and about to argue a case before the Supreme Court--but possessing too much compassion for Willy to brag about it. Miller captured the essence of Willy's self-delusion and failure in a brief exchange charged with emotion, wit and character insight. Call that poetry...
...called the greens, after all. As for alternative rockers, they have the same relationship toward success that one imagines Ally McBeal has toward food: even a small slice of the pie leaves waves of guilt. Rappers make money without remorse. "These guys are so real, they brag about money," says Def Jam's Simmons. "They don't regret getting a Coca-Cola deal. They brag about a Coca-Cola deal...
...matter of persons." But Clinton, like every President before him, will do everything in his power to suggest otherwise. There was never much chance that Clinton would delay his speech until the trial was over. Never in memory has a President had so much to brag about and so many reasons to do it loudly. Clinton, forever the luckiest of men, is the luckiest of Presidents to be presiding over America in 1999, when everything that should be up--incomes, the markets, test scores, productivity--is up, while everything that should be down--inflation, crime, welfare rolls, teen pregnancies...