Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...claim that James Michael Curley may have won the mayoral election of 1921 over his fellow Catholic John R. Murphy by accusing Murphy of eating a roast-beef sandwich on a Friday. As Murphy's grandson, I can say that you have much underestimated Curley's genius for political skulduggery...
Senator Frank Church, who chaired the Senate subcommittee in 1973, harshly criticized the department's decision not to prosecute the ITT case. He called the national security claim "the same threadbare excuse so often used by the Nixon Administration to cover up its crimes." Others inveighed against "gray-mail," a lighter shade of blackmail that defense attorneys legitimately or illegitimately use to try to force the Government to reveal information that it wants to keep secret. But the Government did try to get around the graymail defense in the ITT case by asking the judge to rule out irrelevant...
Although most of the city's population probably couldn't care less. Cleveland State University provides the Lake Erie port, another claim to fame...
...forgotten his past feats. But with a natural confidence, he has no need to loudly trumpet his claims to fame. And as he talks, you begin to wonder how much of a claim to fame he regards his silver medal. To him, achievement is only noteworthy if it reflects hard work and dedication. The experience of participation, not the moment of victory, is precious to Raymond...
People who like their jobs (and up to 82% claim to) tend to be happier in general. An attitude of optimism (held by some 70%) often coincides with happiness, but quite a few of the 6% who are convinced pessimists are also happy. Good health is a big factor in happiness to some, yet poor health does not turn out to be incompatible with happiness. Not even "satisfaction" is indispensable to happiness. Says University of Michigan Psychologist Stephen Withey in Subjective Elements of Well-Being, a collection of papers presented in 1972: "Young people tend to report more happiness than...