Word: claim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blimp thought it saw a submarine on the seafloor near Penmarch Point, where a U-boat had periodically attacked shipping entering the Loire's mouth. The blimp put down a buoy. Airplanes and sub-chasers dropped depth charges. An oil slick showed, but the Allies did not claim a submarine. After the war divers went down off Penmarch Point, and there they found a submarine...
Fidgety Comic Robert Benchley, whose chief claim to charm is that he seems to be in a perpetual, ingratiating hangover, launches the picture. As a soft-shelled Broadway producer with an eye for nice little items named Sonya, he drives into Manhattan, sees the picture's title, cast and credits on a series of roadside billboards...
Hitler advocates a new order in Europe and the samurai have been enforcing a new order in Asia. Hitler claims to liberate Europe and samurai claim to liberate Asia. They are in perfect chorus...
This extraordinary way of handling a strike was not much more extraordinary than what preceded it. On the management's side was their claim that out of 650 employes only 206 voted for a C.I.O. union in a plant election and, although over a third of the plant's employes did not vote, the union was certified as bargaining agent. When a strike was called during contract negotiations, said the company, only about 150 men walked out. When the management advertised for new workers, some 2,500 applied...
Before the week was out, Sir Thomas was photographed in even more annoying circumstances: receiving a writ from a process server. By way of the Seattle sheriff's office, His Majesty's Government notified Sir Thomas of its claim that he owed some $5,000 in back income taxes. The heir to Beecham's pills ("Worth a Guinea a Box") pleaded ignorance of the claim, cabled his solicitors to pay the claim, if just, or fight...