Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nobody would claim that the primary process illuminates all the major presidential attributes in character and intellect. It does not tell much about the all-important ability to select and attract talent; primary campaigns can go a long way (Carter, Reagan) with surprisingly small staffs of home-state intimates...
...suddenly stood up. Ignoring the judge's admonishments, Gallinari read from a statement held in his manacled hands: "Yesterday an armed nucleus of the Red Brigades executed the state hangman Francesco Coco and two mercenaries who were supposed to protect him." Police did not challenge Gallinari's claim. From composite sketches based on the descriptions of witnesses who had seen the five attackers flee, authorities had already zeroed in on one man, a 29-year-old Genovese named Giuliano Nara, a long-sought member of the Brigate Rosse...
...goods, and steep price hikes for such basic services as transportation and electricity. The Communists are afraid to advocate the one policy that many economists consider essential if Italy is to bring down its 25% annual inflation rate, namely, British-style wage restraints (see following story). The Communists also claim to be in the best position to reason with Italy's unruly trade unions, but many Italians doubt whether the P.C.I, has the necessary clout...
...more he thought about it, the more strongly Mayor Hofheinz felt that the city was getting the short end of the spoils. As a result, Brownco withdrew its proposal last month, and Houston's city council flabbergasted the oil community by deciding to launch a court action to claim oil and gas rights in the park for the city. Fumed a lawyer for a major oil company: "It's a government takeover, pure and simple...
...claim that Mark should have, under any criteria, been accepted at all the med schools. Yet, when his pre-medical advisor began late this spring to make inquiries about Mark's weaknesses, the responses were illuminating. In his applications, Mark explicitly stated his desire to become involved in grass roots health care, treating the medical problems of people as social as well as medical phenomenon. This data and his undergraduate degree in anthropology, in spite of his good medical and science grades and several research projects he participated in at Harvard, led admissions officers to question seriously his commitment...