Word: brags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...south for a series of stomach-ulcer operations, he was ordered to Formosa to prepare for the Nationalist retreat, and arrived in the midst of much highhanded Nationalist treatment of the local population. Formosans remember him as their best Chinese governor, a man who "made no promises, did not brag and was very strict." When Chiang made him Premier during the Korean war crisis, Chen fired corrupt officials, introduced the government's first modern budget...
Balancing Fact. Fifty years old this year, and firmly fixed as one of the world's most respected dailies, the dignified Monitor permits itself the one gentle brag that it publishes "everything that a well-informed person should know." Since 90% of its press run is mailed to subscribers in the U.S. and 120 other countries. Boston's Monitor ("An International Daily Newspaper") has no truck with trivia, concentrates instead on solid, staff-written interpretative reporting that its editors expect will still be relevant days or weeks later. For this reason, the Monitor gets the ultimate tribute...
Marblehead's most pernicious problem is a leering, sneering, domineering war correspondent (Keenan Wynn) who would rather chase a bottle than a battle, and who likes to brag that he wears "a 7-5/8 [hat] and about the same size in dames." The problem becomes critical when the correspondent threatens to denounce Marblehead, in print, for building an officers' club while the men have none. Marblehead gets out of that one by forcing his officers to build the clubhouse themselves -a project that produces a gorgeous slapstick sequence, easily the funniest scene in the picture...
Mary Stuart offers no end of bravura and brag, of stomp and stealth, as the play rushes from one emotional exclamation point to another. Since the characters never really draw human breath, they never provide the thrills born of real concern. Mary Stuart has clang without resonance, but it is old-fashioned enough to seem novel, and good enough of its kind to be enjoyed...
...Bunt & Brag. Held down by such deadly pitching, softball games (except when some industrial giant takes on a church-league team) are low-scoring affairs. The bunt is a favorite offensive weapon. Fast-handed fielders are always ready to charge the plate; the first and third basemen often find themselves playing just a few yards from the batter. Then the second baseman covers first, the shortstop covers third and the centerfielder takes over at second. The hit-and-run is rare, since base runners are permitted no lead...