Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...realm of fable and fancy will send two of its foremost citizens. George Ade, whose "Fables in Slang" delighted American and European readers of two decades ago, and George Barr McCutcheon, creator and king of the realm of Graustark, will be the two authors who claim Purdue as their Alma Mater, while J. T. McCutcheon, the cartoonist, will complete the trio of alumni which will carry the Purdue colors into the Stadium...
...long Mr. Amundsen had spurned Mr. Nobile's claim to major credit for the successful expedition: "... I will not enter into any controversy with any of my subordinate officers." But Benito Mussolini has given his countryman full recognition, has promoted him from colonel to general in the Italian Army. The growing political significance of the controversy, apparently, has goaded the Norwegian out of his dignified silence to write...
...very well that Easterners should boost the East and the native sons of California shout their claim to fame in every ear, but when the Mid-West gets together and plans to yell for their section, the East seems to become offended. Eastern papers are said to be a sophisticated lot, but when one of them comes forth with a story filled with bunk and hokum about the so-called "comparatively unimportant college grid contest," then the boosters of the Mid-West cry "On to Harvard" with the largest possible exclamation point added for both Purdue and Indiana...
Perhaps, such enthusiasm is synthetic, but the Mid-West must shout their claim to fame along with the East and West if they are going to "tell it to the world." The Purdue Exponent, September...
Complete orientation is impossible in Boston because in the first place Boston is built on different lines and in the second place such a claim to fame would necessitate a personal knowledge of every bud on the glass flowers in Cambridge and an ability to cross Washington street without fear or trembling. The confident Freshman whose savoir-faire considerably outweighs his rational aculties may believe that a journey down the long white trek to Andrews Square or a nook in the attic of the Boston Opera House should entitle him to the keys of the city...