Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While first place right now is the undisputed property of the men from Providence, who now boast a 3-1-1 Ivy record, the second rank has become very crowded territory indeed. Three teams--Harvard, Yale and Princeton--all are staking claim to position two, with identical records...
...opponents' own background sheet exposes the flimsy basis for their claim. They choose to assume that we'll return fewer than half our empties for refunds, but the actual experience in Oregon and Vermont, where bottle bills are working, is that 90 to 95 per cent are returned...
...faced, tall (6 ft.) and commanding-looking man, Hua denounced the "new czars" in the Kremlin, arguing that the Soviets are continuing Russia's imperialist traditions. Reaching deep into the 18th century, the Premier warned that in Peter the Great's purported "testament" Russia had already laid claim to South Asia. Hua declared that war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is inevitable -a contention Schlesinger disputed. The Premier added that the U.S. must maintain its naval strength in the Pacific against a possible Soviet attack...
...experience at Ford teaches two important lessons. First, it lends yet more credence to the already convincing claim that high corporate profits do not lead to business expansion and more jobs. More profits in the auto industry have, instead, yielded an increase in corporate spending for capital goods and few new jobs. This phenomenon, repeated in other oligopolistic industries, explains the current irony of high profits and high unemployment in the economy as a whole...
...Howe still had fire in his breast. He announced on Sept. 3 that he was going to continue as a candidate for Congress despite his travails. He apologized for having been in that part of town, but continued to claim innocence, saying he put his trust in the innate fairness of the people of Utah...