Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Claim Competition...
...Ludovico renounced his claim to the Naples throne in order to honor a sickbed vow that, if he recovered, he would become a Franciscan. He was made Bishop of Toulouse the same year, died the next...
...national sovereignty. So far, no nation has been willing to make this sacrifice; the French plan does not call for it either. Nevertheless, the French believe that their assembly would at least be a step in the right direction. The British believe that this is self-deception. They claim that (like U.N.) the assembly would raise extravagant hopes of unity where conditions for unity are not yet ripe...
With the air of a man about to pluck a ripe plum, Beck also made a soft-voiced announcement of his plans for New York City. The teamsters, he said, would concentrate on department-store warehousemen, but would also claim jurisdiction over the big city's brewery workers...
Fisher cited four points in his claim that the Council had no legal right to impeach him: 1) that Council President William D. Weeks '49 had no right to vote; 2) that he was tried under the rules for a regular Council member, although the provision in the Council constitution making him an ex officio member was unconstitutional; 3) "the proceedings of the Council were against Robert's Rules of Order under which the Council has always operated; and 4) there are no listings of a 'delegate's duties' in the Constitution...