Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last the Democrats have a heavyweight contender, a candidate who can win a . major Northern industrial state away from his native turf. After weeks of uncertainty and split verdicts, one Democrat can rightfully claim that he has the Big Mo. With his stunning upset victory in last Saturday's Michigan caucuses, Jesse Jackson has staked his claim to be taken seriously as the party's front runner...
...Reagan Administration as an "invasion," had prompted Washington to respond with paratroopers and infantry. There was "no intention" of sending U.S. troops into combat, assured the White House. Officially, the soldiers were there for a "readiness exercise" intended to show U.S. support for the Honduran government -- a rather dubious claim, since the fighting took place in a remote, uninhabited area and posed no threat to Honduran security. The real aim was to demonstrate that the Reagan Administration was not about to abandon the embattled contras. The clear, if unspoken, message to the U.S. public: if Congress refused to fund...
...threatened with extinction as a fighting force, eliminating what may be the only U.S. leverage for keeping the Sandinistas honest. Yet the Administration's cries of alarm have been met with widespread skepticism. Once again the President fudged his reasons for dispatching troops, offering the claim that the border battle represented a Sandinista "invasion" of Honduras. Two years ago he made the same assertion when he sent U.S. helicopters to ferry Honduran troops to the border. That crisis too had flared while he was pressing Congress to reconsider support for the contras. "We've heard the Administration cry 'Wolf! Wolf...
...climactic Eastern Sprints will end the lightweight's regular season on May 15, when Harvard expects to improve on last year's fourth-place finish and claim its first crown since 1982. 1988 MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT CREW SCHEDULE...
...tacit assumption, often spoken but seldom explored, is that Jackson cannot be the nominee. Moreover, no one expects that even the vice- presidential slot will be seriously offered to Jackson, even though anyone else with his impressive series of wins and shows would have a clear claim...