Word: assert
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These fossils have been taken as the basis for definition of several fish of the Miocene Age, which may be roughly taken as four million years ago, geologists assert...
...sincerely have written. Take, for example, the passage in his message to the governors of the States when disbanding the army, June 8, 1783, beginning "I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you and the State over which you preside, in his Holy protection. . . ." To assert, however indirectly, that this and the multitude of similar references to God, to prayer, and to Divine Providence, together with his interest in the Church, were all mere matters of political policy, is to attribute to Washington a monumental insincerity which is unbelievable in the absence of any real evidence...
...Denmark, $19,000,000; Jugoslavia, $34,000,000; England and Estonia received $4,000,000 each. Canada's share was $286,000,000, and Latin America's $375,400,000. The Far East and other corners of the world received $121,340,000. Alarm. Struggling to assert industrial supremacy, Europe, led by Germany, is challenging U. S. trade in world markets by the establishment of huge cartels for control of production and fixation of prices. Recent affiliations of foreign chemical and steel interests are belligerent gestures (TIME, Oct. 31). These are the views of Dr. Charles Holmes Herty...
...more men at work upon it, and will compel each of the six men to exert his best efforts until the case is ready to be presented. The plan is to give as many men as possible the intensive practice incident to preparing for an important debate, the coaches assert, so that a body of experienced material will be built up upon which to draw for future debates...
...only immediate effect that this ballon d'cssai had last week was to cause M. Poincarè to assert that France would continue her debt payments to the U. S. and Britain by extending the temporary arrangement under which she has been paying $20,000,000 a year to each country. A fuller statement was promised "early next year," the British agreement expiring in March; the U. S. in June...