san2612
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- Joined
- Jun 9, 2009
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Vietnamese
- Home Country
- Vietnam
- Current Location
- Vietnam
Toward the end of the century, newspapers in Washington began to carry national advertising, especially from patent medicine companies, which bought space from agencies that brokered ads in papers all over the country. By 1900, Washington boasted 19 daily and 176 weekly papers. Especially in the larger cities, they reflected less the personal opinions of the editor than the interests of the large businesses they had become. They subscribed to the Associated Press and United Press news services, and new technology permitted illustrations.
- the word "boasted" is closest in meaning to:
(A) planned
(B) financed
(C) was forced to close
(D) took pride in having