Word: claim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Prodded by Virginia's Byrd, ordered the Budget Bureau to prove (or disprove) President Roosevelt's claim in his 1940-41 budget message that $700,000,000 can be recovered this year from such spend-lend agencies...
...spots in defeat. Torbie Macdonald, fleet center fielder, got two hits in five trips to the plate and continued to lead the Harvard regulars in hitting with a .353 mark. Charley Brackett was rushed to Lou Clay's resene and hurled five innings of good ball, giving him further claim on the number two pitching assignment...
...course, it is hard to predict anything in these days of censorship and propaganda. It is hard to tell what is the true status in Norway, since British reports say that the new mine fields have cut off the route of materials from Germany to Norway, and the Germans claim that they are landing troops all the time. Professor Hopper said in explanation of his conjectures and predictions...
...common stock of the then $80,000,000 Indianapolis Power & Light Co. which netted U. P. & L. well over $500,000 a year; 2) stock control of a group of British properties worth about $25,000,000 so long as the pound didn't fall. First claim on these assets was held by $50,000,000 of U. P. & L. debentures which that year sold in the market as low as 20? on the dollar...
...fact from the House Masters comes already the ominous rattle of backsliding. At least one has claimed that he will not accept the same number of upperclassmen this year that he did last. Such magisterial balking is based upon the natural desire of the Masters to populate their Houses with promising Freshmen in preference to "mediocre" upperclassmen. Sophomores--claim the Masters --will contribute more to a House over a three year period than will late-comers. Nevertheless President Lowell was interested in what the mature atmosphere of congenial House life could do to improve the value of a Harvard education...