Word: disclaim
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...case has taken an unusual turn in that the Grevin Wax Works insist that they possess the only tub in which M. Marat died. They therefore demand that the American disclaim the authenticity of his possession and regard it merely as an eighteenth century bathing device. This the American will not do, for not only has he paid four hundred dollars for his treasure, but also he owns the keys to the room in which the relic was installed. Besides, as the efficiency of such an appliance can in no way compare with that of the creations of today...
...chaser's enemy is the claim agent who tries to get the injured person to disclaim damages, or take at most a small money settlement. Insurance companies have such agents, and street car companies, railroads, taxicab systems...
...course, it is very fine for the Republican National Committee and the Republican Chairman to disown all this. It is very easy for them to say, 'We disclaim knowledge of it and responsibility...
...haven't heard any of them disclaim responsibility for what Mrs. Wille-brandt said. She is a Deputy* Attorney General of the United States. She went before the Methodist Conference of Methodist preachers and said to them...
...feel that a great injustice has been done to him by the statement that he professes "an unalterable resolve not to set foot in the United States," which we wish to disclaim at once now, as readers of your paper might think that Mr. Tan Kah Kee cherish an aversion towards the American people, whom he has always held in high esteem and regard as sincere friends of China's welfare. He has never been to Europe or America (the statement is wrong when it says that he has several times visited Europe), owing to the multifarious duties...