Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dying, he said, many of the survivors have "grown fat and irresponsible." True enough, although the New York Times is not a convincing example. It may be true that the Times would be still better if it had more competition; but most professionals would disagree with Agnew's claim that the Times has got worse since the death of other New York papers...
...last August's Hurricane Camille. Nothing remains of the crippled Ryals' modest frame home near the beach at Gulfport, Miss., and he and his wife now live in a leased trailer on their hurricane-stripped lot. His insurance company offered to pay only 25% of his claim, says Ryals, so he has hired a lawyer to sue for more. That may take considerable time, and in the interim the lender is threatening to foreclose the mortgage that covered his lot and vanished home...
...rate increase along the Gulf. Last week public outcry and political pressure prompted the commission to postpone the rate rise until after it holds another hearing. Considering the $135 million in storm losses they face, insurance companies may be justified in raising their rates. The delays in claim settlements, however, have left a bitter residue of ill will among countless citizens of Mississippi and Louisiana...
...connoisseur might claim that "true" poetry relies on a lot more than visceral communion with your audience. "Poetry," one might say, has to be less mortal, more enduring than Brautigan's verbal hand grenades...
...Crimson boosters won the District 1 regional tournament and their 13th game of the season Monday with a sound 4-0 thrashing of Brown. Last week, Hartwick edged N.Y.U.. 4-3, to claim the District 1 title and a position opposite Harvard in the national quarterfinals...