Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ministers that I have chosen are exclusively honest and capable men. There are five Croats in the cabinet, so that that part of the nation cannot claim to be oppressed...
...undisputed head of his clan, the Student Vagabond was shocked to discover that a plot had been made to oust him from his position. Yesterday morning the blow fell when one of his own supporters bestowed the title of King of the Vagabonds upon a usurper whose only claim to distinction was his attendance at an examination in a course he was not taking, a vowedly from motives of curiosity. True, the loyal forces suppressed the traitor and his protege, but the Student Vagabond's security demands a public explanation...
Obviously one of the worst taunts that may be thrust at a Christian Scientist is to claim that Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy used anesthetics at the times she was suffering, approaching death. Recently that taunt was made by a Christian Scientist. It was not denied...
Whatever the historical technicalities of the case may be, however, the best justification of the current claim for sainthood is to be found in the attitude of all French Catholics who for the past hundred and thirty years have cherished the memory of their unhappy king. For many years after the passing of the Terrorist government the "martyrdom of the sainted Louis" was a stock expression which in one form or another appears in the works of all ardent Catholic writers. Today it appears that devoted Catholics in France still look upon him as a saint. Whether...
...local publication is stamped with the headline "Cambridge's Only Daily Newspaper". If by a newspaper, it means one which describes a Roxbury fire and a burglary on Beacon Street, the slogan is pertinent; otherwise, the Harvard CRIMSON, founded in 1878 may present its claim...