In the early days, sheep formed a large part of the agricultural base and the area boasted some of the largest sheep bands in the world, supplying a great volume of wool to, among others, the world-renown Pendleton Wool Works in Pendleton.

Now, the interracial blending of some native French and newcomers stands as a vibrant and boasted feature of French culture, from popular music to movies and literature.

It boasted a college-preparatory curriculum early on and, unlike some exclusive all-girls schools at the time, actively encouraged its privileged students to seek a college education — preferably at equally prestigious colleges for women.

By evening, it contained some 8, 000 inhabitants, and boasted a good hotel, several restaurants, a dozen law offices, two general stores and six or seven grocery stores.

* copy of Laocoon, at the time in the Cortile del Belvedere, commissioned by Pope Leo X as a gift to François I. Bandinelli boasted that he would exceed the original, and when he was finished, after a hiatus during the pontificate of Adrian VI, the Medici Pope Clement VII could not bear to part with it, sent some antiquities to the King of France in its stead, and sent Baccio's Laocoon to Florence.

Thin Lizzy boasted some of the most critically acclaimed guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar.

“ My cogitations, like Daniel's have for a long time troubled me, when I viewed the condition of men throughout the world, and more especially in this boasted realm, where the Declaration of Independence ‘ holds these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ;’ but at the same time some two or three millions of people are held as slaves for life, because the spirit in them is covered with a darker skin than ours .” ( History of the Church, Vol. 6, Ch. 8, p. 197-p. 198 )

As some studies of assembly line workers have shown, the work may have been dull, but workers had complex motivations and could find ways to make meaning of their experiences ; many boasted about their jobs and tried hard to place their sons on the assembly line.

At the height of the Baroque period, some ships of the line boasted gigantic figureheads, weighing several tons and sometimes twinned on both sides of the bowsprit.

After surviving the shooting, he assumed the name Allah, and, according to some, boasted that he was immortal.

His father had boasted about J. P., “ My son will be a great man, some day .” When J. P. was 9 years old he left his village to enroll in 7th class of the collegiate school at Patna.

For some months, Captain Jack had boasted that in the event of war, he and his band could successfully defend themselves in an area in the lava beds on the south shore of Tule Lake.

It boasted an extraordinary curriculum in the visual, literary, and performing arts as evidenced by some of the artists and teachers listed here:

Edgar Allan Poe famously, and rashly, boasted that no cipher could defeat his cryptanalytic talents ( essentially frequency analysis ); that he was almost entirely correct about the ciphertexts submitted to him suggests a low level of cryptographic awareness some 400 (!

Many converted just to stay alive ; some pretended to convert in order to remain in their homeland and / or to avoid being sold into slavery ; others converted but relocated at missionary refugee camps that boasted better treatment ; still others migrated to refugiums on land of other Algonquian or Iroquoian peoples.

Although it boasted improved graphics and features and changed some elements of gameplay from the original, reviews cited some issues and did not score it as highly as its predecessor.

Prior to 1872 this area boasted some large pastoral runs and a few prospectors in bark huts.

In 1920 a soldier in the French Foreign Legion reported on another legionnaire named Hoffman ( the name Kiss had been used in some letters ) who had boasted how good he was at using a garrote, and who fit Kiss ' description.

England had not won a Test series on the subcontinent for fifteen years and were clear underdogs against an Indian team that boasted some of the best spinners in the world and could count on the support of tens of thousands of vociferous fans who would fill the stadia.

Although Cork had until then boasted the presence of a proper theatre in some form for over 250 years, it was not until 1963 that the Opera House was rebuilt fully and opened.

According to later accounts, Clémentine Delait visited a carnival, saw a bearded woman with some stubble and boasted that she could grow a better beard herself.

Later he boasted to friends that he mentioned that the time for an attack on the USSR was some way off.

On his first trip to the finished structure he boasted that he had built a temple grander than Solomon's in Jerusalem.

The Giants ' defense ranked second in the league in fewest total yards allowed ( 4, 392 ) and first in fewest points allowed, and boasted three Pro Bowl selections: defensive tackle Erik Howard, and linebackers Pepper Johnson and Lawrence Taylor.

* Old Compton Street was the birthplace of Europe's rock club circuit ( 2 I's club ) and boasted the first adult cinema in England ( The Compton Cinema Club ).

For the first time, artists were able to separate themselves through their own name, and even formed a Surrealism group which boasted such great artists as Philip Guston, Reuben Kadish, Harold Lehman, and Knud Merrild.

Sammartini was not, primarily, a composer of opera, his main output being of sacred music and symphonies, but Milan boasted a vibrant opera scene, and Gluck soon formed an association with one of the city's up-and-coming opera houses, the Teatro Regio Ducal, where his first opera, Artaserse, was performed on 26 December 1741.

The town boasted retail stores, saloons, a post office, restaurants, churches, a bank, hotels, and even Burnside Academy-the first Wesleyan preparatory school in the state.

The town also boasted the first factory in western Massachusetts to manufacture cotton making machinery.

When the town celebrated its first birthday in December 1900, the town boasted two churches ( Presbyterian and Catholic ), three saloons, and nearly two dozen other businesses.

It boasted the first nationally chartered bank owned by blacks, and its own electric company.

The first of several was Ocean Pier in 1891, followed later by Steel Pier in 1898, both of which boasted rides and attractions typical of that time, such as Midway-style games and electric trolley rides.

His involvement, about which he boasted constantly in future years, was the cornerstone upon which he would build his political career, first as governor of South Carolina and then, for 24 years, as a United States senator.

The Gilman family also donated to the Academy much of the land on which it stands, including the initial 1793 grant by New Hampshire Governor John Taylor Gilman of the Yard, the oldest part of campus ; the academy's first class in 1783 boasted seven Gilmans.

The devastation was less complete than Ashurbanipal boasted, and a fragmented Elamite rule was resurrected soon after with Shuttir-Nakhkhunte, son of III ( not to be confused with Shuttir-Nakhkhunte, son of Indada, a petty king in the first half of the 6th century ).

Besides providing him with the income he required — he was a patient, effective salesman and later boasted that he was never thrown off of a farm — the job gave the now 21-year-old Brownlee his first glimpse of Western Canada.

Macrin boasted of having been the first to introduce Catullus and Horace into French poetry.

" Khieu Samphan and Son Sen later boasted to Sihanouk that " we will be the first nation to create a completely communist society without wasting time on intermediate steps.

The new store boasted the biggest plate-glass windows in Toronto, the first electric lights in any Canadian store, three full floors of retail space featuring 35 departments, and a lightwell that ran the full-length of the store.

Full-page newspaper advertisements boasted low-fares, new aircraft, leather seats, spacious legroom, and a customer-service oriented staff committed to “ bringing humanity back to air travel .” With a goal of raising the bar for in-flight experience, JetBlue became the first airline to offer all passengers personalized in-flight entertainment.

Even the first cars boasted shaft drive as opposed to chains, and the engines were not merely " square " but had 6 " diameter pistons with a 3 " stroke.

Among their shows were The Sunshine Girl ( 1913 ) and Watch Your Step ( 1914 ), which boasted Irving Berlin's first score, written for the Castles.

Before being drafted into the NBA in 2000, Najera received rave reviews from scouts, who boasted on Najera's quick first step and extraordinary rebounding ability.

By the late 1920s the club boasted its first " home grown " Ireland international in S J ' Cags ' Cagney who won 13 caps between 1925 and 1929.

George Kingston boasted that he was " the first Irishman to set foot in the colony " and it is true that the Kingstons were among Adelaide's founding families.

During its first season ( 1993 – 94 ) the team boasted an average of 9, 151 fans a game — one of the largest crowds in minor league hockey.