Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Governor of Puerto Rico, signed in quietly yesterday at the Statler-Hilton with only a handful of personal friends and secretaries in attendance. However, when the glamour of the present hardens into the more searching mold of history, Munoz will surely have as good, and probably a far better claim to fanfare than Castro. Munoz is the creator of a new and unique political relationship within the old bonds of Federalism. He was the driving force behind Puerto Rico's achievement of "commonwealth" status...
...organizer of the Gaullist Resistance during the war, Debré after the war became known in the French Senate for his scathing attacks on the leaders of the Fourth Republic, his nationalistic outbursts against European integration, and his attacks on France's British and U.S. allies. His other claim to fame was his key role in writing De Gaulle's constitution for the Fifth Republic...
...steelmen's negotiating committee also argued that productivity per man-hour in the steel industry went down 7½% from 1956 through last year, while labor costs went up 19%. Next day the Labor Department issued the latest productivity figures, and they seemed to back management's claim. Productivity in steel had indeed declined in 1957 and 1958, said the report. But both management and labor were quick to agree that the new figures would have no bearing on negotiations. Reason: they could be misleading...
LIPSTICK BATTLE is raging over proposed U.S. ban on 13 coal-tar dyes in lipstick coloring because tests show they injure animals. Almost all cosmetic makers who use the dyes claim they do not injure humans...
...well-known and represented elsewhere, it leaves a gaping hole, and deprives the film of what would probably have been its greatest sections. In lieu of him, the narration elevates Laurel and Hardy, who appear much too often, to the position of chief gods of silent comedy, a claim which cannot be taken seriously by anyone who has seen this movie...