Word: claim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ralph Ingersoll of PM has just published his articles on England in book form, entitled "Report on England." These dispatches were written from England in November, and caused quite a stir by their claim that "Hitler had London in September, but didn't know it." Mr. Ingersoll wasn't there at the time, and the general consensus is that those who were there didn't know it either. The evidence he adduces is that on September 8 water mains were "smashed right and left, all over town." "The streets were full of rubble, blown up from direct hits, filled with...
...side of the heaviest battalions, but both sides always claim Him. Last week smooth, pudgy, pipe-smoking Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka of Japan, who has never lacked for grandiloquence, issued a gloomy New Year's message which set a new high for God-claiming, seemed to assign the deity a position at the side of, and somewhat inferior to, Yosuke Matsuoka himself...
Torgan and Dillon, in the defense department, are startling contrasts to the attack. Both are relatively short and claim their positions not so much by their spectacular shooting but rather by their shifty floor work and passing. Torgan is a sot shot specialist; while Dillon rates as probably the best ball handler on the squad. Neither one has shown any outstanding scoring abilities but they emphasize dependability and control...
...waiting with pride to convey them to Court, As daughters of Freedom presenting their claim...
...deduct his short-term losses (on securities held less than 18 months) from short-term profits taken on other transactions this year, carry any net loss over to deduct from next year's short-term profits. On long-term transactions (securities held more than 18 months) he could claim only half to two-thirds of the loss, but could apply it against income of any kind...