Word: claims
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...complicated negotiations for the film. The collector knows he owns something he has no right to own, and consequently must be handled with kid gloves. If he donates the print directly to the American Film Institute, a private corporation, and its owners discover its existence, they can legally claim the print and sue the collector...
Another Dog's Bone. Bobby Kennedy's entry had McCarthy supporters furious. Growled Actor Newman: "It's a shame Kennedy chose to take a free ride on McCarthy's back." Bobby was called a "claim jumper" and a "cow-bird." Said a student: "Hawks are bad enough. We don't need chickens." Commented New Hampshire Attorney Eugene S. Daniell Jr.: "It is something like trying to steal another dog's bone." Pulitzer-prizewinning Historian Barbara Tuchman (The Guns of August), whose daughter Jessica worked for McCarthy, fired off a telegram accusing Bobby of "cynicism...
UNTIL recent years, Democrats did not win state office in Wisconsin. As late as 1938, they could claim only eight per cent of the general vote. In 1957, William Proxmire became Wisconsin's second Democratic Senator in the century by capturing the seat left vacant by the death of Joseph McCarthy. The next year, Gaylord Nelson--now also a U.S. Senator--became the second Democratic Governor in the century...
Although he could not claim any pins among his five victories this season, Chatterton often racked up wide point margins. Against M.I.T. he overwhelmed his opponent...
...only doing what other police forces have tried. The major difference, they say, is the amount of publicity he received. Headley does not entirely disagree, notes that the publicity may well have been an important factor in the initial month's drop. Indeed, he does not claim to have found the panacea to his city's and the nation's ever-increasing crime problem...