Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government of Somalia's President Muhammad Siad Barre, who is edging away from his longtime dependence on Moscow as the Soviets move even closer to his archenemies, the Ethiopians. Heavy fighting has broken out between the two countries. The Western Somali Liberation Front, which is supported by Barre, claims to have killed at least 1,000 Ethiopians in savage battles in Bale province. The Somalis say that they have shot down three Ethiopian jets and a transport plane carrying Ethiopian paratroopers over Somali territory. The Ethiopians, who claim that the Somali insurgents are really part of Barre...
Breathless Claim. This loan was the focus of the most sensational of the charges. New York Times Columnist William Safire, a former Nixon speechwriter, raised the question of whether the $3.4 million loan that was granted on Jan. 7, after Lance had accepted the sensitive OMB job, was a "sweetheart loan." Safire claimed rather breathlessly that the deal was an opportunity for the bank's chairman, A. Robert Abboud, who is extremely influential in Chicago Democratic politics, "to gain life-and-death financial control over the man closest to the President...
Resurrecting Teng as a political power may prove more troublesome for Hua than rehabilitating his policies. One reason is that the new Chairman's claim to legitimacy rests on Mao's supposed deathbed benediction of his leadership. Thus the restored presence of Teng, who was twice ousted by Mao, may suggest to party workers that Hua is vulnerable. The Chairman, in fact, is a relatively youthful (56) political newcomer without a power base in the party or the armed forces to bolster his position. Moreover, Teng has become something of a national hero because of his feisty, down...
...sore point is that middle-income parents may be exploiting a loophole in Health, Education and Welfare student-aid regulations to use money-totaling $3 billion this year-that might otherwise go to needier families. The trick: to plan ahead and not claim the college-bound child as an income tax exemption. The federal basic grants program considers any student not receiving more than $600 a year from his parents "independent" and thus eligible...
...knows-if, indeed, He or She does-how much needless fear of words has been generated by the campaign to cleanse public language of slander, denigration and defamation. It has obviously reduced the use of contemptuous epithets, but it has also unnecessarily inflamed some tender sensibilities. Take the heartfelt claim that all Italians, and not merely an outlaw underground, tend to be stigmatized by the word Mafia. Should the question be: Can this term unintentionally offend someone? Or should not the questions be: Is there an organized underworld? Is it actually called the Mafia? If so, to call it something...