Word: claiming
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...Claim to Legitimacy. The P.L.O.'s claim to sole legitimacy as spokesman for the Palestinians is vigorously backed by radical Arab states. The organization's status was strengthened last week, when the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to invite the P.L.O. to sit as "representative of the Palestinian people" in a U.N. debate on the Palestinian question, probably to be held next month. There were 105 yes votes and 20 abstentions. Only Israel, the U.S., Bolivia and the Dominican Republic voted...
...Strauch Committee report, due in February, is expected to propose adoption of sex-blind admissions for the College. The results of the Crimson survey, which will be distributed to the committee, may encourage adoption of the new policy and allow it to claim the the support of the student body. For the administration, the poll is reassuring...
...Farmworkers were averaging $4.50 to $5.50 an hour with piece work before there was any union." According to the Department of Agriculture, median daily earnings of full time farmworkers (those working on farms for over 150 days a year) were only $10.90 in 1970. Mr. Ferrara's claim that UFW statistics come from averaging full and part time workers' annual wages is simply not true. Malcolm Lovell, Assistant Secretary of Labor, has testified that the average Chicano family of six, all working full time in the fields, makes $3,350 a year--hardly Mr. Ferrara...
...point, prosecutor Flanagan apologized to the judge for not submitting a more evidentiary counter-affadavit, but during the hearing he did not note any medical evidence to support his claim that the fetus had breathed...
...United Farm Workers claim that Varsity Liquor, Broadway Supermarket, Thrifty Liquor, Sage's and several other Cambridge liquor dealers have either taken Gallo off their shelves or will not order more when current stocks are depleted...