Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...present system do not offer a final solution for in the last analysis they are regarded as charity and destroy the fellowship of moral equality that should exist between all members of the population. Now that no frontier exists some equivalent of a right to stake out a claim in virgin territory must be offered and this equivalent is work on public projects...
About the speed of the ship, her having to make a schedule, the ill-favor of steamship companies for captains who are continually late, etc., more will come out in the investigation. The fact remains that although the "Olympic's" officers claim that she was proceeding at a "moderate" speed with alert look-outs posted, the collision occurred before the ship could be stopped; and that although the lightship knew she was in danger of collision the crew was not so disposed so that a quick escape with life preservers could be possible. This first instance of a lightship sinking...
...Harvard Varsity tennis team's hopes for an undefeated record and an unchallenged claim to eastern tennis supremacy were blasted yesterday afternoon, when a 6-3 drubbing was administered to them by a fighting team of Princeton Tigers. The Crimson team was seriously handicapped by the fact that Sandy Davenport, stellar number one man, was suffering from an arm injury which prevented him from offering more than a slight resistance to Thomas D. Flynn, Tiger star, who defeated him 6-0, 6-2. The Varsity will meet Dartmouth this afternoon at 2 o'clock on the Divinity courts, while...
...battle royal is expected at 2 o'clock this afternoon, when the Princeton and Harvard tennis teams clash on the Divinity Field courts to protect their respective undefeated records. Both of these teams, on the basis of their early season performances, have an ample claim to the title of leading team in the east, and it is very possible that the question of eastern tennis supremacy will be decided before the conclusion of these matches...
Johnson O'Connor, one of the more able of talent-testers, claims to have an influence over a man's choice in only one percent of the cases. The Conference can hardly claim more than that. But it offers an unusual opportunity to learn the requirements for all jobs from leaders in their fields. Self-analysis is still the more difficult...