Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...coast of the U. S. A woman's undergarment made of it could be concealed in the palm of the hand. It is 150% finer than any previous rayon, 33% finer than natural silk. It was developed almost simultaneously by three manufacturers and no one has an exclusive claim...
Only two changes are suggested, and they two minor ones. At present concentrators object to being required to take both History 1 and Government 1 as well as a correlation field in either History or Government. They claim that this distribution work consumes too many of their 15 College courses without any corresponding benefit...
...outsider could claim credit for causing Catholic Postmaster General Farley suddenly to take notice of what had been mushrooming under his nose since last summer, it was Protestant Episcopal Bishop William T. Manning of Manhattan. One Sunday last month prim little Bishop Manning left his cathedral on Morningside Heights, drove downtown to deliver a sermon from the pulpit of socialite St. Bartholomew's on Park Avenue. Topic of his preachment was lotteries and he was against them...
...milestone in cinema history, The House of a Thousand Candles' only claim to attention is Mr. Pichel's sinister smile, which remains upon his face as if carved there, from the first reel to the last, giving to an otherwise somewhat episodic narrative a comforting if not entirely reasonable continuity. Typical shot: Pichel, as he smiles, patting a carrier pigeon which he calls...
Though Campbell still sells an over whelming proportion of soup, H. J. ("57 Varieties") Heinz Co. can now claim the perfectly respectable title of No. 2 U. S. soup-maker. George A. Hormel & Co. is No. 3. Heinz and Hormel soups differ from Campbell's in two important respects: 1) they are not condensed, are served without dilution; 2) they cost more. Most Campbell varieties retail for from 10? to 11? per can or three for 25?. Heinz and Hormel soups, which come in larger cans, seldom get below...