Word: claiming
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...band says that they are indeed "hopeless romantics," which is sort of sweet. Lyrics like "another weekend and I didn't get laid" are rather charming as well. Fans claim that the band has sold out to its new record label, Epitaph, but the music is still punk, through and through. I'll never buy any more punk albums, nor do I have even the least desire to witness the scary stuff that must happen at a Bouncing Souls concert. Still Hopeless Romantics did at least help me to work that annoying crick out of my neck...
...toast Cinnamon Sugar bagels at Bruegger's because they claim the toaster will burst into flames...
...very identity remains in question. Harper's Magazine this month produced an entire issue on the question of "Is Shakespeare Really Shakespeare?" To those of you wondering who he might be if he's not himself, there is a sizeable group of fans of the Earl of Oxford who claim that a country guy from Stratford couldn't possibly have written all that good stuff. Oxford, on the other hand, though he died before the believed publication dates of several of the plays, was an aristocrat supposedly better equipped to write the kind of masterpieces we have today...
Columbine High School, where two high school students opened fire on their classmates Tuesday, is about a mile from my house. I didn't go there. I don't claim any strong connection with any of the kids who died there. Proximity is all I claim. Geography's a bitch...
Yesterday's historic agreement--which creates a new Institute for Advanced Study while eliminating Radcliffe's official claim to undergraduates and the position of Radcliffe president--is far from finalized. And while Harvard and Radcliffe officials will now also need to appease alumnae and student concerns, Wilson, who will step down in June, said the merger is an exciting development in Radcliffe's evolution: "This is a cause for celebration." Jane S. Knowles, Radcliffe archivist, assisted in the researching of this article...