Word: claim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seemed to be the strongest man for the job. He was chosen last July 7 in an election which mocked democracy-in which both sides kept their opponents away from the ballots, in which electioneers used tear gas and brickbats and lead. So controversial was his right to claim the Presidency that the real campaigning did not begin until after the election. For a time it looked as if General Almazán would surely assert his right in the old-fashioned Mexican way, by revolt...
...four ladies interviewed were Barbara Ann Paine, Charlotte Davidson, Catherine Allen Dickinson, and Mary Josephs, all of whom claim through experience the right to criticize their Harvard...
...course, even if University Hall approves the course, there is still the question of who is to give it. The English Department may claim that none of its men knows enough about stage and radio. True enough, perhaps. But what is needed is not so much a professional but a man with interest and drive enough to put the course over. In its own fold, Harvard has men like Mr. Siepmann who can give valuable professional advice. And then there is always the bright hope that an expert right from the field of radio and drama might be induced...
...doesn't make any difference that Radcliffe girls have "fat fannies and hairy legs," as some sources claim a poll recently taken of graduates from the Harvard Annex definitely proves. Over 60% of them have mated, producing on the average of 2.6 off springs apiece...
...snowy dusk, a beautifully timed forward pass gave Cornell the game, 7-10-3. Later, after viewing moving pictures of the game. Referee W. H. Friesell admitted that the winning touchdown was made on an illegal fifth down. Cornell's Athletic Director James Lynah promptly relinquished claim to victory, conceded the game to Dartmouth...