Word: asserted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Besides being a notable buzzer, Chuck is a deadpan kidder. In spite of his blue eyes and fair skin, he is likely to assert solemnly that he is one-eighth Cherokee Indian. His parents say: "He's liable to tell you anything." Asked about his birthplace, Chuck says: "Ah come from so far up the holler, they had to pipe daylight...
...beliefs: 1) "he is right and all opponents are wrong, spiritually and factually; 2) he can beat any politician or set of politicians at their common trade; 3) he is boss and intends to assert it; 4) the American majority and most men & women of good will support him down to the item; and 5) if his friends are criticized, with or without good basis, it is a virtue to make a blanket defense of them and keep them in the places to which they are assigned...
...Ickes changed his mind. After a conference with President Roosevelt, he decided to hold lease applications and start legal action to determine ownership of the oil lands. Resolutions to assert United States ownership were introduced in Congress in 1937 and 1939 but were not passed, and the issue died down during the war. In 1947, Attorney General Tom Clark brought legal action directly against the State of California to bring the case under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court...
...condition of marriage one of the partners is required to sign a declaration that the children born of the marriage will be brought up in the practice of a religious system in which he or she doesn't believe . . . We strongly deprecate such mixed marriages, and we assert that in no circumstances should an Anglican give any undertaking as a condition of marriage that the children should be brought up in the practice of another communion...
Leaders of the Soviet legal profession assert that their law is "essentially different from all types of law known for history." To determine whether or not Soviet law is of a new type and if no, where the novelty lies is an difficult task because of the relative youth of the Russian legal system, Professor Berman pointed...