Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pronouncement-the most optimistic he has allowed himself-sent a wave of applause through his audience, a wave of astonishment through professional politicians. In Algiers last week the French army boasted that the rebels had suffered an average of 900 casualties a week in March and April -a claim that scarcely suggested that the Algerian fighting was dwindling. A rebel spokesman, far from denying the French claim, declared that the rebels were in fact losing 500 men a day, but that, despite this, their army had grown...
Scattered Crowds. Ismet Inonu, 74, who succeeded Ataturk as President (1938-50) of Turkey, has another claim to Turkey's gratitude. Strongman Ataturk allowed an obedient opposition party to form, but it was Inonu who in 1950 ran fair elections and, losing them, surrendered office peaceably-the key moment in Turkey's transition from authoritarianism to democracy. Now old and deaf but still alert, he is leader of the Republican People's Party, in opposition to the ruling Democrats of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.--The heavyweight varsity announced its claim as the ranking crew in the country Saturday, as it triumphed over a strong but outclassed Pennsylvania crew. The Penn freshmen and junior varsity dominated the wind-swept Annapolis race course, but the Crimson heavyweights salvaged the afternoon by defeating Penn, Navy, and Rutgers in the final race to carry off the Adams Cup for the fourth straight year...
...Dudley, the others eat lunch there, on the average of three or four times a week. About a quarter of these bring sack lunches; the others buy from a cafeteria selection that includes excellent ham-and cheeseburgers. Half did not list any extracurricular activity except "work," but the rest claim to spend around seven hours a week on a wide variety of clubs and sports...
...week waiting on table or drying dishes, has outlived its usefulness. Instituted during the Second World War to cut down kitchen expenses, the program was commendable at first as a war-time economy. Unfortunately, the program has recently taken on particular significance in the minds of College officials. The claim today is that Radcliffe students learn to assume personal responsibility through the experience of serving as a part-time waitress...