Word: gloats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...straightened out for a year" [TIME, Jan. 19]-he reveals himself in his true dimensions. Does he actually believe that he is to be congratulated for magnanimously not throwing a wrench into the workings of the most powerful country of the free world? How could he gloat over not using the power which his fellow citizens entrusted to him in 1948 to jeopardize the overall security of the nation? On this basis, everyone who is not a criminal should receive a medal for merit...
Pittsburgh's A. G. Trimble, a leading manufacturer of "I Like Ike" buttons, designed a new button saying: "I Told You So." He was not likely to find many customers; the victors were not much in the mood to gloat. The Republicans, said one Kentucky Democrat, were "like the mountain boy who courted the same woman for 20 years. When she finally gave in, he sat down and cried because he was afraid he might do something wrong." All over the country, people were paying off election bets. In Lowell, Mass., one loser let himself be bombarded by custard...
...some souvenir of long ago. I myself will discover hundreds of so-called plagiarisms in my work . . . The cover of my latest book is a collage of Leonardo's Mono, Lisa. I have no less than six paintings strictly derived from Millet's Angelus. Let my enemies gloat . . . To imitate is not important. To be inimitable is most important. I remain one of the greatest living painters...
...these fans were less vociferous. The Dartmouth Daily recently boasted about the "unexcelled spirit" shown at Big Green basketball contests. This particular brand of Dartmouth "spirit" largely consists in cursing the officials and rocking the field house during every opponent's foul shot. Harvard fans have little to gloat about. They run a close second in this department. Their actual cheering, as at Hanover, is commendable, but this is unfortunately overshadowed by a continuous din of catcalls directed at the officials and rival players. This petulant display of sportsmanship reached a high point in last season's Columbia game...
Valpey made the greatest impression on reporters in the post-game conferences in the Field House. He was under increasing pressure this fall as each game came and went, but his manner never changed. After the Holy Cross game, when most men would have been tempted to gloat a little. Art was so quiet you might have thought he didn't care unless you had seen him come out of the dressing room a few minutes earlier. By the time he got into the press conferences and saw Bill Osmanski who had, at that time, won only one less game...