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Prosecutors said the committee had approved applicants who presented forged honours that carried dates pre-dating the actual creation of the vaunted title.
The writing maintains the suspensefulness that has pervaded this book since #26, and I’m really enjoying the character work Bucky’s targetless rage, Tony’s grief clouding his much-vaunted predictive mind, Sharon’s horror at being controlled as well as Epting & Mike Perkins art. Captain America #30 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
The much vaunted Hunting Act 2004 (vaunted, that is, by Fascistic Bigots) has resulted in a piddling number of largely piddling prosecutions since coming into force. Vigilantes Receive Smart Smack On Snout
While the article vaunts the fact that men spend nearly 3.5 hours a week more on childcare now than they did in 1985, it glosses over the fact that women's childcare load has also increased - -and says nothing about the minuscule increases in men's contribution to housework and food preparation/cleanup. Joan Williams: Chore Wars and the Value of Work
He knew that he was as one under temptation, but he was not strong enough to bid the tempter avaunt. He Knew He Was Right

Just watch what happens to your "vaunted" Ruble Rubble? in the coming months. 2008 Chess Olympiad: Some Final Thoughts
He is even a member of a club called the Boosters, whose sole purpose is to celebrate and vaunt Zenith's virtues wherever possible. Books on Disgrace
Forasmuch as this self-love is so natural to them all that they had rather part with their father’s land than their foolish opinions; but chiefly players, fiddlers, orators, and poets, of which the more ignorant each of them is, the more insolently he pleases himself, that is to say vaunts and spreads out his plumes. In Praise of Folly
George Galloway has been slightly economical with the truth regarding his maunch vaunted "public meetings" he is appearing at around the country in February. George Galloway's Public Meetings: The Truth
WITH Turkey vaunting itself as a model for the Arab world, the tendency is to see its 50-year-old goal of joining the European Union as dead.
What became of literature's vaunted power to inspire empathy?
His much vaunted £3 billion investment in automated warehouses did nothing to help product availability.
No, no, avaunt -- I'll not be slabbered and kissed now -- I'm not i 'th' humour. The Old Bachelor: a Comedy
The script may vaunt Eduardo and demonize Zuckerberg, but it also begs the question -- who would we rather be, given the way things turned out? Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life
One saving thought alone presented itself — this might be a trial, an experiment of the philosopher Agelastes, or of the Emperor his master, for the purpose of proving the courage of which the Christians vaunted so highly, and punishing the thoughtless insult which the Count had been misadvised enough to put upon the Emperor the preceding day. Count Robert of Paris
For all its vaunted independence, the newspaper produced very few exposés and scoops, and it developed very little in the way of new talent.
Time is also running out on Greg's ability to vaunt himself on such formulas as: Bill And Hillary Max Out To Obama, Giving $4,600 To His Campaign
And the kyng seyng wele that thei wolde not suffre hym to passe withouten bataile, seid to his title mayny, 'Sires and felawes, the yonder men letten us of oure wey; and if thei wol com to us, let every man preve hymself a good man this day, and avaunt banere in the best tyme of the yere.' A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum
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Even the country's much vaunted success in the IT industry needs to be put in perspective, he says.
Despite some good moments, her much vaunted collaboration with Jack White doesn't quite do it for me.
Avaunt, and quit my sight!
The economy emerged yesterday as a key battleground in the British general election with Labour vaunting its financial competence while the opposition Conservatives promised hefty tax cuts.
She was not condoning loutish behaviour, but expressing concern for the much-vaunted evening economy - a favourite phrase I believe, of Bolton Council.
A vaunter and a liar are near akin.
On the contrary, it chose to launch the report with a massive media and public relations campaign vaunting the scope, credibility and prestige of the Commission and its authors.
For all of our much vaunted independence, scratch an American of Anglo descent and you'll find a bit of a Briton.
The banausic Fortune Plaza occupies a prime piece of property in Beijing's much-vaunted CBD.
Thus, said Friar John, at Seuille, the rascally beggars being one evening on a solemn holiday at supper in the spital, one bragged of having got six blancs, or twopence halfpenny; another eight liards, or twopence; a third, seven caroluses, or sixpence; but an old mumper made his vaunts of having got three testons, or five shillings. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
All-whichwhile or whereaballoons for good vaunty years Dagobert is in Clane’s clean hometown prepping up his prepueratory and learning how to put a broad face bronzily out through a broken breached meataerial Finnegans Wake
There are several interesting issues here, such as the much-vaunted discovery that Army colonels increasingly self-identify as Republicans.
We just weren't making enough war dollars after the collapse of the "vaunted" Soviet Union. Obama Hits Airwaves With A National Security Ad
I think Howard's much vaunted political antennae may be well out of tune on this one.
Their necromantic forms in vain Haunt us on the tented plain; We bid these spectre shapes avaunt, Ashtaroth and Termagaunt. The Talisman
The much-vaunted Frankfurt preference for modernist artworks of great complexity is the preference for a Baudelairean art still intent on risking experimental enactments of romantic aura together with mimetic reflections on postromantic modernity’s most anti-auratic, advanced technical-productive developments. Sociopolitical (i.e., _Romantic_) Difficulty in Modern Poetry and Aesthetics
The dumb beasts have less vanity than many a man who vaunts himself created in God's image.
If the directors are vaunted for intelligence and brio, why is this film so vacuous, stupid and lazy?
I snickered, snorted, and even laughed out loud as the vaunted pundits lied, alibied, and wriggled out of their share of responsibility for the mess in which our nation now finds itself. 1984, HERE WE COME!
The defining characteristic of almost all of them is a vaunting self-regard without the merest glimmer of insight. Times, Sunday Times
So the mothers, sisters, and intimate friends of those who had patiently borne the blows, and being "woolled," vaunted the example of their heroes, and asked why Dr. Morgan had not acted as they had done, and waited for an apology? A Confederate girl's diary,
Whoever wins the balloting will govern a country whose vaunted economic recovery is starting to fray.
Celtic's much vaunted three-man back line was soon spread out and scared to death by Porto's four-pronged attack.
Most of milk's much-vaunted protein is contained in casein - which is also a raw material for commercial glue.
The title of Prefab Sprout's first album in eight years embodies the kind of vaunting egotism one might expect from Bono, Sting or some other mononymic would-be saviour, and one's first instinct is to suppose it's ironically intended. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
I'm thrilled that Argentina has shown such compassion and common sense in overcoming the right-wing, largely hysterical and non-sensical Catholic onslaught against gay marriage, while at the same time stunned that the United States, who continually vaunts its supremacy on human rights and condemns other nations for abuses, allows people's equal protections to be simply voted away based on nothing but prejudice. K.J. Dwyer: Buenos Aires, I Do
As Stout drily explains midway through the book, For all his vaunted speed, the man Paul Shannon would later dub 'Smoky Joe' Wood, owing to the speed of his fastball, was a disappointment. Steve Kettmann: Book Review: An Irresistible Look Back on Fenway Park's First Season, Not Just for Sox Fans
Their combined activities result in a net diminution of wealth across the board, whether peanut farmers or tobacco farmers win their vaunted subsidies.
More than any other area of genetics, then, the beneficial possibilities of gene therapy have been much vaunted.
The Barrowsiders would probably be satisfied to put up a good performance against this much vaunted Laois side.
The Tagus is a fine river, certainly, but, to my mind, the much vaunted panorama of Lisbon does not merit its reputation. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
There's little sign that the much-vaunted IT investment is pulling France out of recession.
All of this while dance music is making a much vaunted comeback. Times, Sunday Times
The name-drop made for good TV but doesn't seem to be what scored her a ticket to the show's vaunted "Hollywood auditions": The Seattle native didn't yet know she'd get the fall internship when she first showed up for a Idol cattle-call in Milwaukee last July. White House intern Molly DeWolf Swenson took time off to try out for "American Idol"
The much-vaunted plot ‘twist’ stretches your credulity to the limit: suffice to say that in order to believe it, you would also have to believe that Skinner is woefully unobservant.
WITH Turkey vaunting itself as a model for the Arab world, the tendency is to see its 50-year-old goal of joining the European Union as dead.
`I know it's part of the agreement that he'll stay incognito for at least six months, but the Kremlin will be tempted to vaunt its prize. DOUBLE DECEIT
But if the Woman marks that this helps not, and that all things remain in the old posture, then she begins to mump and maunder at her husband; vaunting much of her own fitness, and not a little suspecting her husbands; oftentimes calling him a Fumbler, a dry-boots, and a good man Do-little, &c. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple
Their much vaunted localism, as Boris explains, is merely enthusiasm for yet more bureaucracy, while their antiwar stance is about as far away from traditional liberal internationalism as you can get.
As Andrew Sullivan noted this week, the current GOP "purges dissidents, it vaunts total loyalty, it polices discourse for any deviation. Eric Boehlert: How Fox News Is Destroying the Republican Party
He was king of the blooddrinkers -- Kwa remembered Bele's vaunt. The Green-Eyed Shwemyethna
This recently unearthed live recording features the first of that vaunted trio, offering a fascinating earful of the sound of hip London clubland in 1964.
And he answered him that wente of that message, that he hadd warnyd all hir gracs s'vaunts, not beinge appointed to wayte dayly, uppon there alegiuance not to come eny nerer thys howse then hys lodginge, and was, as he saide, for hys owne p [ar] te sorye theye should sooe mysuse them selfes, p [ro] mysinge to dooe as much as lyeth in hym that yt shall nooe nmore be sooe. From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
His vaunted new scheme has been shown to have serious weaknesses.
Despite his much vaunted lack of emotional attachment to the trappings of title, the marquis has been cited as conducting his business with a distinctly aristocratic hauteur.
Indeed we wondered about the great and vaunted academy systems into which millions have been poured over the last decade or so. Times, Sunday Times
Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
woolled," vaunted the example of their heroes, and asked why Dr. Morgan had not acted as _they_ had done, and waited for an apology? A Confederate Girl's Diary
Above all, TV ad must be practical and realistic, must not exaggerated, vaunting, hit consumerofedge ball misdirect.
From the point of view of the much vaunted historical authenticity, it should be interesting.
He is a contrarian melange of reasonable gastronomic meritocracy and vaunting epicurean elitism. Times, Sunday Times
Despite Gerald of Wales's vaunting of the military skills of his marcher kinsfolk, the record suggests that the swords of the second group were just as sharp, and their eye for land and profit at least as keen.
For all their vaunted intelligence and breeding people enjoy their symbols and they like to gloat.
And he answered him that wente of that message, that he hadd warnyd all hir gracs s'vaunts, not beinge appointed to wayte dayly, uppon there alegiuance not to come eny nerer thys howse then hys lodginge, and was, as he saide, for hys owne p [ar] te sorye theye should sooe mysuse them selfes, p [ro] mysinge to dooe as much as lyeth in hym that yt shall nooe nmore be sooe. From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
Thus, said Friar John, at Seuille, the rascally beggars being one evening on a solemn holiday at supper in the spital, one bragged of having got six blancs, or twopence halfpenny; another eight liards, or twopence; a third, seven caroluses, or sixpence; but an old mumper made his vaunts of having got three testons, or five shillings. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Wring the swan's neck who with deceiving plumage inscribes his whiteness on the azure stream; he merely vaunts his grace and nothing feels of nature's voice or the soul of things. Archive 2008-01-01
With the chance to help the Mets 47-47 win their first post-All-Star break series—against the team with the best record in Major League Baseball, no less—Pelfrey couldn't outduel an opponent, Kyle Kendrick, who isn't even a regular member of the Phillies' vaunted rotation. Pelfrey Serves Up Meatballs
A vaunter and a liar are near akin.
`I know it's part of the agreement that he'll stay incognito for at least six months, but the Kremlin will be tempted to vaunt its prize. DOUBLE DECEIT
Indeed we wondered about the great and vaunted academy systems into which millions have been poured over the last decade or so. Times, Sunday Times
The book's dust jacket vaunts this as ‘a masterpiece of modern political biography, written by one of Britain's leading historians'.
The parson of the parish, who was one of the executors, and had acted as ghostly director to the old man, no sooner heard this exclamation than he cried out, “Avaunt, unchristian reviler! avaunt! wilt thou not allow the soul of his honour to rest in peace?” The Adventures of Roderick Random
During the life of the empire, the term was reserved for Constantine's city, originally a Greek colony called Byzantion, whose inhabitants liked to vaunt their identity as "Byzantines. The Glories of Byzantium
Agnew noted that significant corporate reform was taking place in Seoul, despite claims that taking on the much-vaunted chaebol, or conglomerates, would be impossible.
For now I will make avaunt, said Sir Launcelot, I will that ye all wit that yet I found never no manner of knight but that I was overhard for him, an I had done my utterance, thanked be Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Manchester's much-vaunted city centre regeneration is taking its toll on our well-being, according to a health expert.
The modern U.S. military is vaunted as an all-volunteer force, but the truth is more complex.
Our 3 Wise Men have seen the light, despite the persistent feeling that the kid doesn't have a clue what he's doing and his vaunted baseball team can't outdraw an afternoon screening of "Land of the Lost. Before Henry Merritt and Charles Randy's New York honeymoon (Jack Bog's Blog)
The magazine glorifies a procession of vaunted rebels for struggling to persuade a corporate hierarchy to let them generate profits.
Now, in his fantasy, he apparelled her like a man; and presently despoiling her of that habit, he gave her another of a nymph; which he took away also, to attire her with the ornaments and majesty of a queen; not leaving any raiment but he gave it unto her, either to make her wise or to make her a vaunting fool; and generally he imagined her to be grave, merry, discreet, subtle and virtuous, which parts are ill-befitting a fair comedian.
If ever he made the slightest change in a dish, he vaunted the variation as an original idea, and thenceforward set up as the sovereign creator of the dainty.
The bank's much-vaunted security system failed completely.
Or is this really about concealing the many weaknesses of our vaunted legal system and protecting the reputations of those involved in it? Times, Sunday Times
Forasmuch as this self-love is so natural to them all that they had rather part with their father's land than their foolish opinions; but chiefly players, fiddlers, orators, and poets, of which the more ignorant each of them is, the more insolently he pleases himself, that is to say vaunts and spreads out his plumes. The Praise of Folly
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Most concealers are too light for me and just seem to show up on my face as concealer instead of blending into the skin - and I include in that the much vaunted Cle de Peau concealer, which is too dry and slightly cakey looking on me. Perfume Posse
And the weather is playing havoc with the much vaunted weather forecasting system here.
In point of boring h istorical fact, the mention of Persepolis in his hero's vaunt is a serious anachronism. The Greatest of Them All
It must act to boost the supply of affordable housing and make a reality of the vaunted northern powerhouse. Times, Sunday Times
Hence the decisive victory of Aliwal and its wonderful results and important aid in repelling the Sikh army at Sobraon and seizing the capital of his vaunted glory. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
The synonyms were spot-on: big mouth, blusterer, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, loudmouth, and — my personal favorite — vaunter. Review: Wordnik’s Thesaurus « Motivated Grammar
The much vaunted Aussie "larrikin" sense of humor is indiscernible from the wit and laughter heard all over the world, it's famously AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Funny how, in our much vaunted classless society, where everyone congratulates everyone else on how equal we have become, quarrels about elitism keep coming back.
So this is what the much vaunted scientific position become - faith in unobserved physical processes. Adjusting Pre-configuration to Design Outcomes
There was this billion dollar moment when the very same Pimco turned a massive about face on its much vaunted investment strategy of quality only, making huge investments in what was then widely recognized as quintessential junk, namely Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac subordinated debt. Raymond J. Learsy: Did Pimco Play a Role In S&P's Downgrade of U.S.Debt
The sun comes up but there's heavy cloud cover, so the much-vaunted ‘Dawn at the Stone Circle’ is a bit of a fizzer.
Six months on from the end of the Olympics and Holmes is doing her bit for the much-vaunted legacy.
The first lies inside those much vaunted opinion surveys. Times, Sunday Times
More than sixty years later and despite vaunted, and controversial, attempts to make this region bloom, it remains largely unconquered by agriculture.
It's the "vaunted" museum that, not to be confused with *The Tate Gallery* across and up the Thames, that has all the good stuff in itlike Turner's works. Archive 2008-10-01
To thee, O Sickness, I say avaunt!
As we learn more and more about our own animal weaknesses and the way the technologies of persuasion can exploit them, it can seem as if our vaunted autonomy is an unsupportable myth.
Oh, I am a winner on ideas," vaunted the clerk chestily. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley
Furthermore, until nearly the end of the war, the vaunted “pickle barrel” accuracy claimed for the Norden bombsight was more myth than reality. Whirlwind
I take big time issues with the two of them (Palin and McCain) doing the "Willie Horton Thing" to Obama, as well as the ease with which the "vaunted" media just accepted the Obama/Ayers connection as it did, without putting it into proper perspective. Norman Horowitz: Life Among the Felons
avaunt" rose to her lips again as she saw one of the figures in chain-armour cautiously approaching her with the polite words, "Can't I be of any use, Miss Delaware? A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters
Advertising is the cheerleader for sexism, misogyny, racism and a vaunting masculine self-satisfaction. Times, Sunday Times
Carlyle, to whom Emerson had recommended him, had not so quickly dubbed his vaunted depths deceptive shallows. Life of Father Hecker
Mexico's much-vaunted maquiladoras are shutting their doors, as companies flee for China and other still cheaper labor markets.
The same was true for most issues covered led recently by the “Katrina Hurricane” coverage that included so much mis reporting worthy of several Phd Dissertations in vaunted journalism schools. Ohio Congresswoman Dies - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Gawaine, thou avauntest thee greatly and speakest proud words, I counsel thee for all thy boast that thou make thee ready, and take thy gear to thee, tofore greater grame fall to thee. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Tikka masala, long vaunted as Britain's favourite curry, has come eighth in a poll, which was topped by the far hotter jalfrezi. Lucian Freud treasured the pleasures of the flesh | Barbara Ellen
By then I could already see that the vaunted claims of the gains of the revolution were a mirage. Times, Sunday Times
“It is by being just to Individuals, to each other, to the Union, to all; by generous grants of solid Revenue, and by adopting energetic measures to collect that Revenue; and not by complainings, vauntings, or recriminations that these States must expect to establish their Independence.” Robert Morris
But the album's title track is all spaced-out trash talk, with Weezy vaunting over what sounds like a mutant Run-D. M.C. Really quick spins: Gucci Mane, Lil Boosie, Lil Wayne, Pimp C, Waka Flocka Flame
Many of the books were written by wine merchants, often criticizing the practices of their colleagues, or vaunting their own specialities.
Oh! I do remember that you performed upon the latter, and my modesty should have certainly bid me 'avaunt' from it. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
No wonder that our apathy annoyed the parties, who had so just a reason to "be vaunty" of so expensive an establishment! Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre
He led the litany with, ‘Christians, avaunt! ‘and the crowd responded, ‘Epicureans, avaunt!’
For all its vaunted power, judicial supremacy exists at the sufferance of the people.
Nonetheless, the film would be just too mild and miniature were it not for its one, vaunting thrust of fanciful wit.
WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday shook-up its communications team, with Anita Dunn stepping down and an aide taking over President Barack Obama's vaunted ... Ari Melber: Caught on Tape: Obama Adviser Explains How to Control Media
As a result, his much vaunted pacifism may have to undergo a rethink.
Thus far one of its votaries: and all that he vaunts to have acquired by this mysterious faculty of enthusiasm is the having rendered it "at length perfectly subduable. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions
But it is vauntingly said by some, that when they punish the female slave the whip is not used, and that rods only, or ebonies, are substituted for it. Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St. Vincent's. With an Appendix Containing the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers, Recently Returned from the Colonies, on the System of Slavery as It Now Exists
Avaunt this cave! avaunt the burnt-offerings, which the godless Cyclops offers on Aetna's altars, exulting in meals on strangers 'flesh! The Cyclops
Thank God for this! we hold no truce with dirt at Singholm; we bid dowdyism begone! avaunt! London's Underworld
I wonde then, is the 'novel of character', largely interiorised, given to analysis of the self and the processes of the inner life, the much vaunted 'introspection', really just hopelessly Freudian and 20th century? Know thyself?
How many vauntful attributes are there not in fatness, and how well saith the poet, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
In February 2006 Perez hastily resigned the club presidency when it was obvious that the much-vaunted "Galactico" team of expensive stars that he had constructed since 2000 was unable to compete with Barca. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Q “What kind of truthfulness is foul, though all kinds are fair?” — “That of a man glorying in that which he hath and vaunting himself thereof.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Indeed, there have even been cases in which purportedly “natural” weight-loss and other supplements, like those containing the much-vaunted Acai Berry, have been contaminated either intentionally or through sloppy production methods with stimulants like oxilofrine, ephedrine and clenbuterol and steroids like nandrolone. The Explainer: Why clenbuterol?
But in fact, when Novotny, whom Brezhnev never liked in spite of the Czech leader's vaunted loyalty, was removed, Brezhnev told Novotny, "Eto vashe delo" — That's your problem. 1968 the Year that Rocked the World
The title of Prefab Sprout's first album in eight years embodies the kind of vaunting egotism one might expect from Bono, Sting or some other mononymic would-be saviour, and one's first instinct is to suppose WN.com - Articles related to 'Sleeping Beauty' kicks off Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's 40th season
So much for the much vaunted transparency and accountability policy.
Many manufacturers of this type of washer vaunt their superior rinsing, which is said to get out more detergent and dirt residues and thus prevent dinginess from developing. HOME COMFORTS
The Prime Minister enjoys reminding us that he's a Son of the Manse whose "values" still owe much to the Kirk and whose much-vaunted "moral compass" was calibrated at an early age, largely through the example of his minister father and the Church of Scotland. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
Yes, its messages about the “truth” of the period can be underwhelming, but then again most TV shows are less than brill in the insight department – and I include the much-vaunted Sopranos in that list, which had me shouting, “Oh puh-leeeze!” every time I watched it. All the mad men and all the mad women can't tell a joke to save their lives
His vaunted 'reliably unreliable' and 'unreliably unreliable' narrators now crop up everywhere. The Times Literary Supplement
What other little understood factors (such as decadal ocean currents), are inaccurately represented in the IPCCs much vaunted computer models? WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
It's an image of such vain, vaunting solipsism that it defies satire. Times, Sunday Times
As a member of the vaunted indie band Grizzly Bear, Chris Taylor helps make prissy, prim folk-rock songs that sound as if they were concocted in a laboratory and only later softened up so as to be marked as artisan-approved. Oddities of Sound Abound in City
I hereby propose that all academics who call for a boycott of Israel be called out for the disgusting racists they are, because somehow, for some obscure reason, despite all their so-called 'progressiveness' and vaunted 'compassion' they have managed to be completely blind to Hamas' blatant anti-semitism, racial bigotry and institutionalized hatred toward Jews. Archive 2009-01-01
There it can be said of every man, He suffereth long and is kind; envieth not; vaunteth not himself; is not puffed up; seeketh not his own; behaveth not uncourteously. The Gospel of the Hereafter
And thanne alle his frendes maken hire avaunt and hire dalyance, how the fowles comen thider, here 5, here 6, here 10, and there 20, and so forthe: and thei rejoyssen hem hugely for to speke there of. The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
The former Newbridge College player acknowledged the role of the Irish pack in not only standing up to the much-vaunted visiting unit, but in the end, disillusioning them,
His vaunted intellectualism has always afforded him a final, unbreachable line of defense when one of his albums is subjected to criticism - I mean, who are we to detract from Lou Reed's epic vision?
I also like the explanation of the seat in the parts list the most, which details a “peke devaunt” for elbow room, which turns out to be a “short beard trimmed to a pretty polywigge sparrows tayle peake.” Flushed
A vaunter and a liar are near akin.
Well-heeled Chinese individuals aren't shy about flaunting their wealth, and it is one of the few markets in which manufacturers can openly vaunt the luxurious nature of their products. Business Jets Take Off in China
The synonyms were spot-on: big mouth, blusterer, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, loudmouth, and — my personal favorite — vaunter. 2010 August « Motivated Grammar
An unfeasible and vaunting self-regard is the most common corollary affliction of seeing your name in print too often. Times, Sunday Times
Roosevelt's average growth of 5.2 percent during the Great Depression is even higher thantheReagan administration'svaunted3. 7 percent history of economicgrowth in its highest years. OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion
That, and something more elementary into the bargain: not just a rhetorical vaunt but a phonetic vector as well. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
Charlotte so often vaunts my skill at tactics, but a good tactician is not blindly trusting. Clockwork Angel
Indeed, there have even been cases in which purportedly “natural” weight-loss and other supplements, like those containing the much-vaunted Acai Berry, have been contaminated (either intentionally or through sloppy production methods) with stimulants like oxilofrine, ephedrine and clenbuterol and steroids like nandrolone. The Explainer: Why clenbuterol?
Our once vaunted political system is now the stuff of satire and sniggering. Times, Sunday Times
For all its vaunted economic metal-bashing success as a homogenous nation, this country has been an unmitigated, ghastly failure.
Competitors are certain to jump on the bandwagon with rival systems and Nimslo's much-vaunted patents could be unable to stop them.
It wasn't arrogance or vaunting confidence, he was just unusually comfortable behind his own character. Times, Sunday Times
A much-advertised lithia water, before the passage of the pure food and drugs act, was highly vaunted as a uric acid eliminant because of the lithia it was said to contain. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
In his first editorial, John Bird wrote: ‘We vaunt nothing beyond the determination that no effort be spared to make the journal a first-class family newspaper.’
There are also few examples of her much vaunted genius.
Its vaunted public service ethos, the tradition that over the years produced original and creative drama, entertainment, and comedy, has been traduced and subordinated to commercial ambition.
It contrived to be both firmly capitalist and proudly working-class in character; hand in hand with big business but vaunting an anti-establishment stance.
Yeah isn't the word vaunted supposed to preceed Republican Guard whenever they are mentioned? Latest Articles
But suddenly she closed the book, and gave it back to Philip, shaking her head with a backward movement, as if to say "avaunt" to floating visions. The Mill on the Floss
Indeed we wondered about the great and vaunted academy systems into which millions have been poured over the last decade or so. Times, Sunday Times
King rode all but last now and had a good view of their unconsciously vaunted blackguardism. In The Time Of Light
Yet fashion's vanity is ever-vaunting, so we just ran with it preferably in cuban heels, waving our hands. Times, Sunday Times
Avaunt, O Whiteness,463 wherein naught of brightness gladdens sight The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Willie's D bottled up Tech's vaunted ground game, whose trademark is the long run. UGA coaches Bobo, Martinez shine in win over Georgia Tech - sports
A moth just issuing from his chrysalis is the only being which seems to have felt his soporific influence; whereas the other god I have mentioned may vaunt the glory of subduing the most formidable of animals. Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
I would fain hear the old snail skrike out at me, ` Avaunt, Sathanas! 'as he surely will. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
With the rise of feminism came awareness that half the human race might be offended by male writers' vaunting attitudes. The Times Literary Supplement

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