Word: claime
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...recent months, thanks, apparently, to the riots in the banlieues last fall and the government's capitulation to the protests over labor-market reform last month. Villiers, whose Movement for France presents a somewhat less incendiary alternative to Le Pen, landed a media coup last month with his claim that Muslim radicals had systematically infiltrated the ground crew and support staff of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. Official sources within France's police intelligence agency have contested Villiers' sources, but the prospect that he could be even partially right means Sarkozy - whose responsibility is at issue - can't ignore...
America is a country rooted in equal opportunity. Its citizens believe deeply in meritocratic justice: rewards should come to those who have earned them. Viswanathan abused this system, demanding a compensation to which she could claim no just entitlement, and writing integrity out of her novel and her conduct...
...ultra-achieving Indian girl whose ambitions seem boundless and whose (apparently) Machiavellian methods are perhaps too eagerly rewarded by over-indulgent parents." Replace "Indian" with another category (besides "East Asian," which has a similar reputation)—try it with, say, "French"—and this claim doesn’t quite make sense...
...other hand, having the president’s ear can be critical. Few foreign service officers are able to claim it unless they are politically well-connected themselves...
...coastal enclaves of the United States. Over spring break, I did Harvard Habitat for Humanity in the Mississippi Delta, not for Katrina relief, but for people who are simply poor. It would have been an amazing experience for East and West Coast liberals to actually see the people they claim to champion. This is especially true for those in leadership positions (largely filled by men) at various political organizations. Instead, the only men on my trip were three members of the Delphic. Liberals chastise final clubs for their supposed regression and ignorance of non-elite society, but in this case...