Word: claim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Armenia, population has increased faster than in any other Soviet Republic; industrial progress has been so swift that Armenia came to be called Moscow's "favorite child." Russia's armies today include 300,000 Armenian soldiers, 50 Armenian generals. And Moscow has publicly blessed Armenian patriots' claim to the Kars and Ardahan districts of eastern Turkey...
Then a drive was begun to declare federal sovereignty and ownership over the submerged lands. Partly it was inspired by would-be claim-jumpers who saw a chance to muscle in on a gusher of oil and dollars. Partly it was the work of the Navy which wanted to have a great reserve of oil set aside for war. The claim-seekers and the Navy soon had "Honest Harold" on their side, for whatever that might be worth. In dealing with congressional committees, it was not much...
...collect 500 names on a petition? By what right does it limit the powers of proposing and ratifying amendments to its own membership? Merely because 17 members of a Student Council guessed that these provisos were equitable ten years ago? Even then they were not convinced. Reports claim that these back-room sessions were "smoke-filled and heated." But while the document lay on a table in Phillips Brooks House for thirty days, waiting for someone to raise an objection (which would have caused further discussion, but still no student vote), Harvard was too absorbed in the Tercentenary Celebration...
Item: one out of four of the nation's 13,000,000 World War II veterans has already filed a disability claim...
Harry Lacey, Boston interior decorator who acquired the painting in payment for work which he did at the Boston Art Club, added it to his living-room decorations without knowledge of its value. He may also have a claim to its ownership...