Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much ballyhooed combination of Harvard and Radcliffe, now complete, has invited almost as many doomsday predictions as the coming turn of the millennium. While the optimists claim that Radcliffe's conversion into an institute for advanced study will allow the former college to expand its presence within the University community, the naysayers believe that Radcliffe--and its role as a strong advocate for women on campus--will fade quietly into the woodwork...
Kelleher, who was diagnosed with clinical depression after the death of her parents, claimed the University's refusal to accommodate her disability was discriminatory. A second claim alleged that her termination was a retaliation for filing complaints both within the University and with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD...
...redshirt this season because after appearing in six games, he has already played in 22 percent of the Crimson's 27 games this year. According to NCAA rules, a player must have appeared in less than 20 percent of the team's games in a season in order to claim a medical redshirt...
...Friday, Fidel Castro drew more than 2 million people into Cuba's streets to demand the return of the boy, who is currently staying with a great-aunt and great-uncle in Miami. The same day, Florida relatives filed a claim for political asylum on the boy's behalf, to prevent him from returning home to his natural father, with whom he remains close. While the U.S. has urged Elian's father to make a formal claim with immigration authorities, legal challenges by the boy's relatives - backed by Cuban exile organizations - are likely to delay his early return...
...year tradition of tuition reimbursement to students who attend secular private high schools when there is no public high school in their district, does not extend that reimbursement to parents who choose, under the same circumstances, to send their kids to religious private schools. The plaintiff parents claim their children's religious freedom is violated by the state's refusal to help pay for religious schooling; last June, Vermont's Supreme Court ruled that funding such schooling would violate the state's constitutional commitment to the separation of church and state...