Word: claimed
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Although he may imitate the technique of better writers by using such allusions, here they seem out of place and forced. And his claim that the book is harmless and silly hardly conforms to the highbrow tone of the work, leaving his attempt at juggling knowledge of the literary with techniques of mass culture unsuccessful...
...first scene establishes the play's mood of underlying despair and over-hanging wit. Max accuses his wife Charlotte of infidelity, disputing her claim that she has just returned from a Geneva art auction. Due to Stoppard's cunning, his ambiguous lines refer to either her new lover or her trip. "How's old Geneva then? Frank doing well?" "What?" Charlotte asks. "The Swiss Franc. Is it doing well?" They refuse to address the crisis at hand. Instead, Max digresses on apparently far-out topics which actually parallel the scene's conflict, a technique Stoppard uses and overuses later...
These professors also questioned why Bok assembled a blue-ribbon panel of legalexperts without answering Dalton's prime claim,that she was a victim of political and genderdiscrimination...
...Green (18-7 overall, 11-2 Ivy) is poised and ready to claim its share of the Ivy League title, but Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney Smith and the Crimson know that more than just the Ivy crown is at stake tonight...
...Harvard win would give strong weight to the Crimson's claim for an NCAA or National Women's Invitation tournament bid next week...