Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ends the first round!" boomed Atholl as his eminent counsel Norman Birkett, K. C. appealed the case to a higher court. "I think," continued His Grace, "that I can claim to have already achieved some material progress in my campaign to establish some sort of charity lottery in the United Kingdom. This must be done to end the present scandalous state of affairs in which British money is being taken from this country by the Irish and other foreign sweepstakes [see below] to the detriment not only of British charities but of the country as a whole...
...that. But the British taxpayer winced when it appeared last week that he must guarantee the debts of thoroughly insolvent Newfoundland. As Newfoundland bonds bounded up on the news, Britain's famed Manchester Guardian, its excited editors ignoring Newfoundland's non-dominion status, asked: "Is this claim to suppress the Dominion constitution in order to avoid default on external debt payments to be confined to Newfoundland? If so, on what peculiar theory of Empire relationships is the claim based? Are the financial arguments strong enough to justify such interference? In a word, is no lesser measure possible which...
...most scrupulous manner from any interference in U. S. affairs; to "restrain" from such interference "all organizations of the Soviet Government or under its direct or indirect control, including organizations in receipt of any financial assistance from it"; to refuse to harbor on Russian soil any group "which makes claim to be the Government of or makes any attempt on the territorial integrity of the United States...
...Maher did not claim that his cocci would cleanse a human body of its tubercle bacilli. He frankly admitted that, as yet, they had had no effect, either preventive or curative, on guinea pigs and rabbits. But he did think that he was at least on the right track, urged other researchers to join him in the search for "the greatest prize in the world," a specific cure for tuberculosis...
...Raging, she sped thither, slapped the informant soundly. Prince Serge defended Miss Williams: "She had a perfect right. . . . I have given her the keeping of all my private papers. She is writing my life story." Property settlement: Prince Serge exchanged $15,000 in notes for Singer McCormic's claim to a half interest in Pacific Shore Oil Co. (TIME. June...