Word: claim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...government units. And it might well to remembered that Tech expects to get no less than 65 percent of its money back in rents, plus a small amount in serap value from its Westgate venture. Certainly an effort of this sort would answer critics of Harvard who claim that the University has defaulted in face of an essential phase of educating the veterans; a worthwhile task even if it costs money...
...undergraduate members of the House demonstrated that little doubt exists over the future of tutorial in view of the recent limitations. 70% claimed that the curtailment meant a definite de-emphasis on tutorial while only 20% of the ballots gave any credence to the University's claim that the "retrenchment" would put the system on a "firmer footing...
...agricultural state, poor in resources and industry, unless, improbably, the Hindus agreed to turn Hindu Calcutta over to Pakistan. Between mighty Russia to the north and the main body of India to the south, Pakistan would dangle like two withered arms. Only half the population of the area claimed for Pakistan is Moslem. None could claim that to split India in twain would solve the minority problem-in Hindustan there would still be islands of Moslems, in Pakistan large Hindu minorities. Jinnah has not concealed that behind Pakistan lies the ancient Asiatic practice of taking hostages; a Hindu minority...
...order were the guarantee of the substance of the Church, Roman Catholicism would have a better claim to having preserved the full substance of the Church than any other communion...
...They claim, moreover, that production is being delayed by great difficulties in securing plumbing and wiring, as well as by the considerable amount of landscaping necessary. The units themselves will be of only mediocre calibre, inferior rock-wool is to serve as insulation, and plasterboard as wall-paneling...