Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...then qualified it by saying he wouldn't dream of interfering in the 20th. After all, he was a Brooklyn Democrat himself, he observed carefully. Then he sent his secretary to "Irish Night" at the Peter J. Dooling (Tammany) Association to announce that the mayor also recognized the claim of Assemblyman Owen McGivern to the nomination. Tammany Boss Rogers hoped that Republican Governor Tom Dewey would mercifully spare him a special election, leave the seat open until November and give him time to work something...
...take on its big, new role in undergraduate instruction. Last week the University announced the appointment of the first full professor and five assistant professors in GE. This means that when the Faculty's new program for guided distribution and compulsory GE starts working next fall, GE will claim half the teaching time and will pay (out of its own budget) half the salaries of the six recent appointees. With a core of teachers it can call partially its own, GE will be able to plan its future with confidence and competence...
Rumors about the origins of the fatal scuffle were still circulating here late tonight. If, as some claim, the incident started as a student prank, the question remains: why did the men involved single out Cirrotta...
Funds are derived from a 12% social security levy on payrolls, half contributed by employees and half by employers. Patients may choose any doctor. Doctors merely sign forms with which patients claim reimbursement from their insurance. By now an ingrained habit, the principle of health insurance is beyond political argument...
Siragusa also blasted the Zenith claim as "very poor advertising, about the poorest taste I ever saw . . . Nobody knows how or where or when the proposed new bands will fall." Admiral's Adman Seymour Mintz cried indignantly: "The public doesn't even know what a turret tuner is. All you have to do is put in some new condenser strips for higher frequencies. Just take out the old and put in the new. Why throw a scare into people before you need...