Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will never attempt to solve the colonial problem by military force," barked General von Epp. "When Hitler told Chamberlain at Berchtesgaden, and again at Godesberg, that the colonial question remained a problem, he officially opened the negotiations. Our claim is to all our former colonies. Whether, when the actual moment for bargaining for them comes, we shall show restraint is for the future to decide. If we do, then we shall demand compensation for whatever we do not claim...
...Leaving out of account a dubious Soviet claim of 24 miles...
...group of Young Communists here, the appointment of Mr. Hicks, and the propensity of students to satirize political dictatorship have all been convenient hooks on which political opponents can string their case. Their attack is not really against individuals. It is always Harvard's name which is headlined. They claim that Harvard gives its approval to such "radicals" by allowing them as teachers and as students, and in a literal sense they are correct, although Harvard cannot, technically speaking, be held responsible for the outside activities of its sons...
...gone two British Labor Party henchmen, Messrs. Gillies and David Grenfell, especially to succor Social-Democratic Sudetens. "These people must be saved if we have to rouse the whole world" said Gillies and Grenfell in a joint statement. "The Czechs will now forfeit within a few days the claim to the worldwide sympathy they have deservedly won if they drive back to torture and death at the hands of the Nazis these front-line Soldiers of Democracy...
...Chinese War Lord Chang Tso-lin in 1920 and a Chinese citizen in 1924. When the Japanese took over Manchuria, they also took over Amleto Vespa. He was useful to them for his knowledge of the country, and for his status as a European who nevertheless could not claim the protection ''of a European country. According to Amleto Vespa, the Japanese forced him to become their agent by threatening his wife and children. Secret Agent of Japan is his account of his experiences from 1932 until his flight from Manchuria in 1936, covering his operations in Harbin, accounts...