Word: vaunt
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...role, Rudd was telling radio broadcaster Alan Jones about his plans for the "alternative ministry." "I just want to be systematic, methodical, think it through, talk to my colleagues," Rudd said. "I think that's the right thing to do. John Howard would do the same thing." To vaunt his own authority, Rudd recently convened a national summit on climate change and invited miners, scientists, environmentalists and policy makers to confer. A stunt? Yes. But the coverage helped widen his lead on what Labor argues is the great moral issue...