Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second time. Two weeks before, Baba had trounced him in Detroit in what was billed as a world championship bout. This billing was not recognized by the New York State Athletic Commission which demanded another bout, this time in Manhattan, to prove the Turk's rightful claim...
...every seat in Carnegie Hall was sold at topnotch prices within a few hours. Subsequent demands fairly exhausted the patience of the box-office staff. One person would argue that he had never heard a Toscanini performance, that this was therefore his last chance. The next in line would claim that he had attended all the Maestro's concerts, that he could not miss the last. Speculators were offered $100 and more for a ticket. In Portland, Ore. a music-lover was ready to charter a plane, ily East for the performance. He stayed home, because no amount...
Last week the other lines announced they, too, would cut their rates June 2 in order to keep on an equal competitive footing with the B. & 0., but that they would simultaneously bring suit against the constitutionality of the order. Their claim: The ICC order is an unwarranted invasion of managerial privilege...
...still a practicing Theosophist seer" since he is not a Theosophist and does not claim to be a seer...
...Committee. The Central Committee compared the records of the men not placed with the records of the men in the various price categories accepted by the House of first or second choice and called to the attention of the Masters the applications of men who seemed to have prior claim to admission to a House over these first accepted. As a result, certain adjustments were made. The final lists of admissions submitted by the Masters of the various Houses were approved by the Central Committee this year without the necessity of a single change...