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If Sanders is going to lay claim to being the better liberal, Clinton is going to lay claim to being the better Democrat.
It was only as a by-product of this miraculous act that "the Jewish people" could lay claim to their biblical antecedents, and so could lay claim to their biblical lands.
Both candidates lay claim to major backing from the military.
But he wasn't the first to lay claim to it.
He can, however, lay claim to being the most popular.
The Tories can lay claim to some economic successes, as well.
Egypt can also lay claim to the long-reigning pharaoh Hatshepsut.
In that role, he cannot lay claim to Mr Ali, too.
Virginia is the only other state to lay claim to eight presidents.
All three Abrahamic faiths lay claim to parts of Jerusalem's Old City.
But can anyone lay claim to a four-chord progression, however recognizable?
"Al Qaeda might lay claim to it for a moment, and the Islamic State may lay claim to it, but there's always been this dream of recapturing and bringing back the caliphate," a senior U.S. counterterrorism official told me.
Palestinians lay claim to part of the ancient city for their own capital.
Few enterprise software categories can believably lay claim to such a large opportunity.
You're a part of this movement, so you can lay claim to it.
Few—if any—albums in 2016 can lay claim to such dissociative beauty.
He even suggests that China may eventually lay claim to the Australian landmass.
Now, as she attempts to lay claim to her status as a female
But the U.S. can no longer lay claim to such an enviable status.
The federal courts, supreme and otherwise, would likewise lay claim to broad powers.
Indeed, Russia has already moved forward to lay claim to new energy sources.
"A lot of people lay claim to having invented it first," says Ford.
Laying claim to national identity is a way to lay claim to power.
But Bolton, 70, can lay claim to one clear victory during his tenure.
I can lay claim to 21 children even though they're not really mine.
Who gets to lay claim to citizenship, and what is its price of admission?
But Republicans believe he could lay claim to some of the Roy Moore faithful.
Certainly, it has yet to lay claim to a hit title of its own.
Both countries still lay claim to the half of Kashmir they do not control.
Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
Two days later, it lay claim to 200 protests, with #DraintheSwampCabinet as a mantra.
In fact, perhaps it is time that we lay claim to a movement — #IamSexist.
Much of the memoir wrestles with what it means to lay claim to Germany.
But all of them are free, and all are yours to lay claim to.
No one is ever able in this movie to lay claim to any one thing.
Netflix's newest series, 13 Reasons Why, can now lay claim to a pretty awesome fandom.
The United States has yet to attempt to control, govern and lay claim to cyberspace.
I'm beginning to understand how Iceland might lay claim to making the world's purest vodka.
Neither could lay claim to financial resources that would compel a measure of candidate loyalty.
Will all due respect to my lady Olivia, she can hardly lay claim to that title.
Citi can still lay claim to being the most important firm in the global financial system.
Pakistan and India both lay claim to the full area but control only parts of it.
There's no single ethnic culture or heritage that can lay claim to owning or defining America.
Beijing has built artificial islands as a way to lay claim to the international shipping zone.
Both countries lay claim to the Kashmir region in full but control only parts of it.
Spain can lay claim to being further along the road of consolidation than most European countries.
It was only a matter of time before Star Wars lay claim to the small screen.
In theory, the patient, doctor, manufacturer, and insurer could all lay claim to used medical devices.
Both Pakistan and India lay claim to the region in full but control only parts of it.
"There's absolutely no reason that the federal government should lay claim to so much land," Carson said.
Mr. Falwell is influential, certainly, but today no one can lay claim to such a monolithic status.
And if that happens, expect an epic battle over who can lay claim to the bitcoin brand.
Moreover, Disney will lay claim to 14 of the 29 movies to earn $1 billion or more.
It's a faux-moralistic beast the Olympic movement itself can singularly lay claim to creating and cultivating.
The references to Black culture they make and the trends they lay claim to are always relevant.
And the truth is, no single man can lay claim to the idea of making it great.
Do we own the knowledge inside our heads, or can previous employers lay claim to our memories?
Instead, they can lay claim to any gold they find on the last day of each month.
Numerous armed groups have tried to lay claim to the rugged landscape and its collection of villages.
It is not clear that the U.S. government can lay claim to much moral authority these days.
Indeed, Missouri and Kansas lay claim to at least two landmark civil rights cases — Dred Scott v.
Anyone who shares one credit with Sandler is inordinately likely to lay claim to two or more.
But it is Singapore that can lay claim to the most joined-up approach with its SkillsFuture initiative.
He was angry that this fraud and possibly even traitor would dare lay claim to middle-class loyalties.
Make sense considering if anyone else can rightfully lay claim to the lyrics from "I'm Real," it's Khlo$.
Factories in Elkhart County lay claim to building about half of all recreational vehicles on the road today.
Like 2200% of Americans, I couldn't even lay claim to an extra $2100 after my bills were paid.
Here's one answer: She can lay claim to blazing trails in a way that many of them can't.
As Stuart Hall asserts, by perverting these paradigms, children of the empire lay claim to a Black futurity.
But advocates behind these campaigns are putting the state in prime position to lay claim to that mantle.
Andrew Yang Businessman Andrew Yang can lay claim to possibly the most unique climate plan in the field.
In sum, the broods lay claim to much of the eastern United States, stretching from New England to Oklahoma.
For example, countries can't put nuclear weapons in space, and they can't lay claim to a planet or moon.
Although the origins of the margarita remain mysterious, there are a few bars that lay claim to its conception.
Frank Bruni IN a typical presidential campaign, the most successful candidates lay claim to leadership with their high-mindedness.
For the IOC to lay claim to all this goodwill, while also acting as a censor, goes too far.
Yet car companies have long used concepts to lay claim to design elements and create excitement around their brand.
For Trump to lay claim to the 2016 nomination coming into the convention, he needs to win 1,237 delegates.
But its meaning is being rewritten each day by the actions of those who lay claim to the word.
Beijing continues to lay claim to Taiwan, a self-governed, democratic island that China views as a breakaway province.
It includes the disputed Kashmir region, which both India and Pakistan lay claim to but control only parts of.
"So it's the Confederacy and the Civil Rights movement — they both lay claim to Georgia's history," Ms. Ufot said.
I said I wouldn't be drinking, but Liu clarified that he was happy to lay claim to both bottles.
Beijing continues to lay claim to Taiwan, a self-governed, democratic island, which it views as a breakaway province.
Daddy D'zEveryone in Atlanta has an opinion on who can lay claim to having the best BBQ in the city.
They aren't kings like the Targaryens, and they can't lay claim to the snooty/snooze-worthy "honor" of the Starks.
No country can lay claim to the moon, asteroids or other celestial bodies; space is open to all for exploration.
The United States, Russia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Iceland all lay claim to the area and its abundant natural resources.
Following Sunday's victory at ISM Raceway near Phoenix, Busch can now lay claim to being the series' top driver. Period.
The frenzy even led some alt-right groups to lay claim to Papa John's as their pizza chain of choice.
Following Sunday's victory at ISM Raceway near Phoenix, Busch can now lay claim to be the series' top driver. Period.
As Mr. Herrera recently recounted, when he began house hunting in 1993, Dogpatch didn't always lay claim to that name.
Brazilians, Argentines, Italians and Germans may object, but France can now lay claim to being master of the beautiful game.
But she's not the only candidate who can lay claim to a platform that concerns multiple intersecting identities and oppressions.
They've also fostered a lively online community, and lay claim to the third most-liked Instagram post of all time.
We would just lay claim to the internet world for various addresses, knowing we'll do something with it in the future.
So Sony can lay claim to a crucial feature that Apple, Samsung, and others still aren't offering in this form factor.
Today, a start-up that can lay claim to doing artificial intelligence has increased its odds of getting attention and funding.
Honestly, who can lay claim to that level of news-making during a show in which she didn't even win anything?
Friedman has voiced support for Israel's construction of settlements in the West Bank, which Israelis and Palestinians both lay claim to.
But it is not only Mrs May and her immediate predecessor who lay claim to being "one-nation" politicians these days.
Prince Harry can now lay claim to becoming royalty of a different kind—he's officially become a viral meme about clubbing.
But they enable the Democrats to get in the game and lay claim to the populist mantle that is rightly theirs.
The more important point here is that we need a paradigm shift in how we lay claim to our religious identities.
It is, however, important for the company to lay claim to the rapidly mainstreaming medium to which it indirectly gave name.
Israel calls Jerusalem its eternal capital, but Palestinians also lay claim to the city as part of an eventual Palestinian state.
Conservative -- it is an offense to the radical left because they believe they can lay claim to our chromosomes and our minds.
When I was in middle school and wanted to lay claim to my boyfriend, I put his name in my AIM profile.
The winner of those states could lay claim to the establishment title, arguing that wins there prove electability in the general election.
Production is both a way for DJs to market themselves, and to lay claim to something unique to play on the dancefloor.
Other places that lay claim to an independence movement include French speaking Quebec in Canada, Bavaria, North Cyprus, Belize, Kashmir, and Tibet.
Even if he could lay claim to this bull market, the influence presidents have over the stock market tends to be overstated.
Publishers also might have to deal with turf wars between competing agency teams that might both lay claim to buying such ads.
Which may be why they too choose to lay claim to a fiduciary duty in an act that winds up benefiting themselves.
The company found that the number of people who could lay claim to the plot had mushroomed to more than a hundred.
Both China and Japan lay claim to a set of islands in the East China Sea that cover around 81,000 square miles.
Alisson Becker, absent for all but 37 minutes of this season so far, could lay claim to the same status among goalkeepers.
The big picture: Regional heads, heads of subsidiaries, heads of business lines — all of them now lay claim to the CEO title.
Once the Union Army removed Apaches and Navajos from their homelands — the plan went — miners would lay claim to the Arizona diggings.
Pop over to Amazon ASAP to lay claim to a pair of AirPods Pro before this deal is over — here's the link.
Keeping It If there is a wild, out-there script to becoming a billionaire, Mark Cuban could lay claim to following it.
" Though the track marks Cuco's first proper premiere, he can already lay claim to a devoted fanbase of self-appointed "Cuco Pebbles.
As part of the divorce proceedings, Silva infamously tried to lay claim to the acoustic guitar that Kurt Cobain played on MTV Unplugged.
Two boutique banks elbowed aside competitors to lay claim to millions in fees on LinkedIn's $26.2 billion sale to Microsoft, announced Monday morning.
" Few performers in the role could look back on their own lives and themselves lay claim to such dramatic "mistakes and acquired wisdom.
Your mother's friend might be able to lay claim to the apartment if she can prove that she is a nontraditional family member.
Trump's reference has drawn criticism from some Native American groups, while others criticized Warren for trying to lay claim to a tribal heritage.
But that "presence" is the one thing pretty much every VR experience can lay claim to now that the hardware is good enough.
Heard, like Marshall Jefferson, Frankie Knuckles, or DJ Pierre can comfortably lay claim to have reshaped the sound of what became the future.
With an overall record of 643-3, Olympic losses are rare for the U.S. but Japan could lay claim to one of them.
Since 2013, with the reveal of the current generation of console hardware, Sony has tended to lay claim to the crown at E3.
In Zimbabwe, women can lay claim to a tree festooned with mopane worms simply by tying a piece of bark to the trunk.
Three years of Psycho California were enough; now, it's Sin City's turn to lay claim to one of America's greatest heavy music extravaganzas.
Kessler added that Warren's use of the DNA test to lay claim to Native American heritage likely alienated many within the indigenous community.
Another issue: Similarly, China and Japan both lay claim to islands they believe essential to their security interests in the East China Sea.
Both might lay claim to the status of England's cultural second city, for the richness and vibrancy of their musical and artistic heritage.
The ruling threatens to further inflame tensions in the region should China ignore the decision and continue to lay claim to the waterway.
Trump's reference has drawn criticism from some Native American groups while others criticized Warren for trying to lay claim to a tribal nation.
But if you're a Christian -- and I lay claim to this for myself -- you understand that it's human to fail at perfect behavior.
Publishers and critics became used to the idea that any fiction coming out of Africa must lay claim to some truth about Africa.
However, as far as brands that have legitimately come up with a sport or way of life, Vans can lay claim to that.
Few of the You­Tubers headlining Beautycon LA lay claim to their own Wikipedia page nor a single piece of coverage in a mainstream publication.
His research, however, muddies the waters on whether Starship 1 can truly lay claim to having the first Easter egg in a video game.
Violent confrontations between ranchers and indigenous populations, which often start when landowners lay claim to demarcated lands, have long been an issue in Brazil.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan lay claim to parts of the sea, through which passes about $5 trillion of trade a year.
Palm and Motorola can each lay claim to numerous mobile firsts and should rightly be considered pioneers in the development of portable smart devices.
It is an unprincipled attempt to lay claim to a successful film he didn't create, and we will vigorously defend against it in court.
On the other hand, Fails and his writing partner and best friend, Joe Talbot, who directed the movie, can lay claim to some resentment.
Though they lay claim to the world's first double helix bridge, and its highest pool, Singapore's crown jewel is undoubtedly its massive airport, Changi.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam lay claim to parts of the sea, through which about $5 trillion of trade passes each year.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan lay claim to parts of the sea, through which about $5 trillion of trade passes each year.
Eager to hold the high ground, Ford's new Expedition can lay claim to the superlative of best-in-class towing potential among full-sizers.
The Empire State can also lay claim to the swimming star Ryan Lochte, born in Rochester, and the supersprinter Justin Gatlin, born in Brooklyn.
It begins: The notion that one man can lay claim to all the extraterrestrial bodies in our little corner of the galaxy sounds preposterous.
California's ongoing drought, now in its fifth year, has changed the way residents of the Golden State consume, conserve, and lay claim to water.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan lay claim to parts of the route, through which about $5 trillion of trade passes each year.
They make up the vast majority of stars in our neighborhood (and in the universe) and presumably lay claim to most of the planets.
Then, I'll be at the mercy of their whim because there's always a chance they could lay claim to content I've yet to create.
It alleges that Wright fraudulently created at least three contracts and used a computer-generated signature to lay claim to bitcoins mined by Kleiman.
Harden can lay claim to the N.B.A.'s only 28-226-29 game, and some are calling it the most dominant triple-double ever.
Goslings has done a lot to lay claim to the Dark 'n' Stormy, a rum-and-ginger-beer highball that was born in Bermuda.
Image: ScreenshotThere's much better news in Keynote for iCloud, which could easily lay claim to being better than the rival offerings from Google and Microsoft.
Why it matters: Because this one can legitimately lay claim to all the hottest enterprise software buzzwords, from open-source to machine learning to cloud.
The point is this is a very squishy metric and one many could lay claim to depending on how they pick or interpret the numbers.
A battle for the planet is a classic movie premise, but in War for the Planet of the Apes, both sides lay claim to Earth.
A decade after she died, and thanks in part to the suffrage groups she led, women were able to lay claim to the ballot box.
This means that he can also lay claim to five bitcoins on the major Bitcoin forks that have happened since then, such as Bitcoin Cash.
Partly because there is no official queen of the music festival, but also because Vanessa Hudgens alone can pretty much lay claim to the title.
They have argued to review first Cohen's documents to lay claim to those that pertain to Trump and should be covered by attorney-client privilege.
"Specifically, I said to Governor Christie that if you get elected president, I wanted to lay claim to the ambassadorship of Anguilla," Mr. Wildstein said.
Where it's at now is hard to pinpoint—many lay claim to the legacy, yet few are in agreement as to what exactly this constitutes.
No other city can lay claim to popularizing the castle walk, the Charleston, the Lindy hop, the jitterbug, the peppermint twist, salsa, disco, and breakdancing.
Claim to Fame: Not many 21-year-olds can lay claim to having contacts for Jaden Smith, Stephen Curry and Elon Musk in their smartphones.
Three of the court's conservative members — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch — lay claim to textualism as a guiding principle.
Right now, Tesla can lay claim to the most efficient electric vehicle with the upcoming Model Y at a claimed 4.1 miles per kilowatt-hour.
The move would be sure to anger the United States' Arab allies in the region, because both the Israelis and the Palestinians lay claim to Jerusalem.
The move would be sure to anger the United States' Arab allies in the region, because both the Israelis and the Palestinian lay claim to Jerusalem.
If no evidence emerges to show that Paddock really was an ISIS agent, there's no shortage of reasons for ISIS to lay claim to the attack.
The tussle over who can lay claim to Gramsci's legacy is still very much alive today, as evidenced at the launch of the exhibition in London.
The witch fantasy allows women to half-jokingly lay claim to all of that anger, all of that pain, and all of that power at once.
But the movie, written and directed by Gary Ross, might also lay claim to a more unusual title: the first Hollywood drama to come with footnotes.
It's still no small pittance, but the classic ranch-style home is a rare opportunity to lay claim to some of those signature modern farmhouse vibes.
Could the man who opened his presidential campaign speaking of Mexican "rapists," and later called for a Muslim immigration ban, really lay claim to national unity?
Friedman, a longtime friend of Trump's, has voiced support for Israel's building of settlements in the West Bank, which Israelis and Palestinians both lay claim to.
The presumption that they might lay claim to the same freedom as men, to write as grandly as men do, must have been what she meant.
It's certainly not the first product to lay claim to the term "hub" but it might be the first product to embody the word so fully.
His political and economic reforms, though widely praised, have also unleashed long-repressed tensions among Ethiopia's myriad ethnic groups as they lay claim to disputed territory.
Friedman, a longtime friend of Trump's, has voiced support for Israel's construction of settlements in the West Bank, which Israelis and Palestinians both lay claim to.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan lay claim to parts of the sea, through which ships carrying about $5 trillion of trade pass every year.
The two companies will process more than 50 billion transactions a year and lay claim to a sales force of more than 3,500 employees around the world.
Combined, the two companies now lay claim to 125 percent of the market in Los Angeles, a good sign someone is being too aggressive with their estimates.
In the debate over what to do at the southern border, none of Hurd's colleagues can lay claim to a bigger chunk of it than he can.
But that purchase put it in the same league as American giants like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase — something no other European bank could lay claim to.
The government leaned on Dr. Hart's theory, arguing that companies retained control of decision-making, and therefore they could not simultaneously lay claim to the cost savings.
But when the industry convenes to introduce its newest offerings in Geneva each year, there are no native brands to lay claim to a home-court advantage.
Adidas can lay claim to having one of the biggest Black Friday sales of 2019, and it has now extended the event until midnight on Dec. 4.
And while John Kasich may lay claim to political acumen and savvy, none of that can resolve the fears and anxieties of an increasingly bewildered and frustrated public.
The team from CMU was hoping to be the first to lay claim to an AI that could defeat the best humans in the world at the game.
Henrietta Lacks is one of the few people who can lay claim to immortality — her DNA, referred to as HeLa cells, live on in labs across the world.
With that in mind, he wondered whether we might find a way for Christian Americans to lay claim to a vision of Christianity that stresses openness and charity.
Coming in at $27 (double the $2249 price of the current Xbox One S), the One X can safely lay claim to the "most powerful console ever" title.
Villagers in both countries lay claim to the zone's rich underground deposits, which have lured thousands of people to work in unregulated small-scale mines along the border.
" More from the statement: "Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong.
"As a female queer digital media artist, I am very much aware that I have to lay claim to my space in the digital art field," she says.
The only other group that can lay claim to having pop hooks in complex multi-part harmony is Mumford & Sons, but their name will not besmirch this piece.
China also depends on the shipping routes that go through the sea, and is eager to lay claim to oil and other resources to fuel its voracious economy.
All Americans can lay claim to its protections, but those, like Murray, who seek to change society and extend freedoms to the most marginalized may need it most.
Words like "heritage" and "tradition" often seem overused in the watch world, but one house that can justly lay claim to illustrious ancestors is the Geneva watchmaker DeWitt.
Legend has it that he wrote "The Raven" at a farmhouse near 84th Street and Broadway, where today a pair of dueling plaques lay claim to the author.
"Chaos makers from Germany and Europe cannot lay claim to political motives," he said, adding that they are not the pacifists some on the left say they are.
Do you spend those points on bumping up your paycheck, your right to lay claim to scrapped mechs on the battlefield, or on insurance for your own machines?
There may be a sense that he needs to prove himself with voters, to actually win a caucus or a primary, before he can lay claim to wide support.
Malaysia can lay claim to be the center of the world's global Islamic economy, but the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is hot on its heels, according to new research.
Both countries lay claim to the resource-rich Scarborough Shoal, known in China as Huangyan Island, as well as the Spratly Islands, known in China as the NanSha Islands.
That complaint is not without merit, however Apple can lay claim to transforming existing things into mainstream successes, which takes no small amount of invention in its own right.
Levavasseur tried to lay claim to this idea in announcing her list Wednesday, which will also be known by the acronym RIC, standing for Rally for the Citizens' Initiative.
Stuart Eizenstat, the Clinton administration's deputy Treasury secretary, told Newsweek that Iran had filed a claim with The Hague, limiting the administration's ability to lay claim to the fund.
Cut, then, to Putin, in an office about a mile from mine, calculating that unrest in Ukraine would be a perfect time to lay claim to the Crimean Peninsula.
It also suggests a possible conflict between the two companies, as both lay claim to ideas that appear to have been developed at more or less the same time.
There are many people who believe T.I. and Young Jeezy could lay claim to the progenitor title, but Grazer's done his homework and clearly believes it's all Gucci, baby.
And it is a test of whether any institution can lay claim to some higher moral authority in politics, even among those who have traditionally identified as religious voters.
Pan-Islam had emerged in the final decades of the Ottoman Empire, with the efforts of Sultan Abdulhamid II to lay claim to the title of caliph among Muslims.
Enter Amber Rose Kelly -- an up-and-coming country star -- who filed her own docs claiming she, not Kanye's ex, has the right to lay claim to the name.
He can lay claim to running a larger executive branch than any of his rivals, with the exception of Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s two terms as vice president.
And while he and Beatriz have nothing in common, each can lay claim to a kind of integrity, an honest view of the world and their existence in it.
Both swaths of the American electorate can lay claim to the "Little House" mythology and the blueprint the books offer for a certain way to live in this country.
"Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong," the statement said in part.
Additionally, he can lay claim to driving innovation in cell phone and pager technologies earlier in his career, including the first mobile phone that used both analogue and digital signals.
There is only so much comfort to be had from the fact that it is easier for the merely rich to lay claim to the lifestyle of the super-rich.
Nestled between a pair of Lochs—Nevis and Hourn—this pub, situated in, yep, an old forge, can quite easily lay claim to being the most remote venue in Britain.
Many cities lay claim to being important financial centers, but two metropolises are usually seen vying for the title of Asia's most important financial hub: It's Hong Kong versus Singapore.
Various hedge funds and mutual-fund companies were suing Puerto Rico, and one another, in federal court, in disputes about which debtholders could lay claim to the island's dwindling revenue.
Indonesia has taken unprecedented steps in the past week to lay claim to the remote island chain, whose gas-rich waters Beijing recently said were subject to "over-lapping claims".
His belittling wife (Magdeleine Bérubet) might herself lay claim to the movie's title were it not for Legrand's succumbing to the charms of a mercenary prostitute named Lulu (Janie Marèse).
Prince died in April, leaving behind an estimated $22002 million estate, a vault full of unreleased music and an untold number of people looking to lay claim to his fortune.
Complicating things -- from the right: Yesterday, House conservatives revolted against the massive bipartisan deal, complaining that the GOP could no longer lay claim to being the party of fiscal responsibility.
The kind of raw, seemingly ownerless beauty that, on the evidence of David K. Randall's tart, snappy history, "The King and Queen of Malibu," everybody wants to lay claim to.
Two of them, State Representatives Mark MacKenzie and Mindi Messmer, are already trying to lay claim to the liberal populism wing of the party that Bernie Sanders animated in 2016.
When the FARC lay down their arms, a number of rival drug gangs will be eager to lay claim to their lucrative operations and assume control of their drug routes.
For a nation recognized only by Russia and a handful of others, hosting sporting events has come to be an important way to lay claim to being an independent state.
To this day, Haitians around the world proudly lay claim to this revolutionary history that led to the creation of the first independent black-led nation in the western hemisphere.
This contemporary tendency in which black writers lay claim to the discourse of black music — this increasing tendency — is a much needed development for anyone who cares about modern music.
And in a sign of how Hunter's departure will reshape the race, Issa sought to lay claim to the slice of the electorate that remains loyal to Hunter in polls.
If the U.S. were to ratify the treaty, it could lay claim to the potentially resource-rich seabed off its Alaskan coast, an area about twice the size of California.
In those days the Senate really could legitimately lay claim to the "greatest deliberative body" badge it proudly wore, and it did so not at the expense of ideological differentiation.
And while Quantic Dream could still lay claim to that lucrative market, the studio will first have to assess the good, bad, and fixable realities of its four previous titles. 1.
He also wants to lay claim to punk rock credibility (having come up in California's DIY scene), and enjoy the opportunities his status as an incredibly popular, mainstream DJ allots him.
Both lay claim to producing studio-quality sound at a budget price, and both achieve their low cost by using lightweight, but hardy, plastics in place of fancier metals and materials.
Both sides lay claim to the patriotism label, just as both insist a vote for them is the way to retain the status quo (a harder line for Brexiteers to sustain).
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle can still lay claim to the Sussex Royal brand across the pond -- despite the "Megxit" -- but here in the U.S. of A., someone's already calling dibs!!!
A 200,000 square-foot lobby that may lay claim to the title of the largest hotel lobby in the world; a rooftop observation deck with a pool and an aviation museum.
Generation X, those born between 1965 and 1980, may never find themselves with a president to call their own, even if they lay claim to Obama, who was born in 1961.
Considered an outsider during the 2006 governor's primary, Patrick ignored the naysayers and hit the pavement to build and ultimately lay claim to a grassroots movement people said was doomed to fail.
If there were a prize for the company that could best lay claim to the term "disruptor", Boston Dynamics would definitely make the shortlist, if not win the whole thing hands down.
"No one has publicly come forward to lay claim to her work, but she is starting to look as connected in Hollywood as any starlet," the first piece by the outlet read.
This has contributed to an increase in conflicts over land in countries rich in tropical forests and natural resources as agribusinesses, mining and energy companies lay claim to indigenous land and forests.
Use of in-house sensors is huge, since it means Waymo can likely lay claim to controlling more of the self-driving car technology stack than any other player in operation today.
In that tiny space, three religions -- Christianity, Judaism and Islam -- lay claim to holy sites sacred to billions of people worldwide who will likely never see or set foot in the city.
Despite those changes, two of the more prominent candidates lay claim to vital pieces of Harlem's political legacy, seeking to capitalize both on name recognition and on the district's traditional black electorate.
Signed in 28503 by more than 22019 countries, he said the treaty forbids any government to lay claim to the moon or a planet, while countries are allowed to use such resources.
The uneven showing by Medicare for All supporters does show that the policy isn't a magic key to winning votes, but most policies can't lay claim to that sort of power anyway.
Abiding by that deal, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently halted construction on a new sandbar in the Spratly Islands, which both Beijing and Manila lay claim to, following complaints from Xi's administration.
Beijing is perceived as sensitive to US military vessels traveling through the strait and continues to lay claim to Taiwan, a self-governed, democratic island, which it views as a breakaway province.
The region can now lay claim to a world record wave, after the World Meteorological Organization this week certified a record wave height of 19 meters, or 2000 feet recorded in 27.
At a time when the United States can no longer lay claim to being the democratic bastion it once was, Cuba has an opportunity to compete, albeit on a much smaller scale.
But our city can lay claim to the Postal Service's largest retail space — the James A. Farley Post Office Building, across Eighth Avenue from Pennsylvania Station, at a majestic 393,000 square feet.
"Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong," he said in a statement at the time.
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," Musk wrote.
In this regard, the next few years may be about as intense and heady as the 1990s, when early internet companies went head to head to establish dominance and lay claim to territory.
Moreover, of the other 19, only one even can lay claim to a former female CEO ― emergency communications company Everbridge, whose co-founder and current director Cinta Putra was CEO from 2002-2011.
By the early 1990s, politicians friendly to the Wise Use cause had introduced or passed legislation in nearly 30 states giving local governments and citizens expanded powers to lay claim to federal land.
Trump has said he is looking "very, very strongly" at moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the disputed holy city that both Palestinians and Israelis lay claim to.
So, 220006 years after 2202/2628 another bin Laden may be in Afghanistan among the chaos of forces there, including Islamic State and Taliban fighters, seeking to lay claim to the terror brand.
"Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong," said Chuck Hoskin Jr., the tribe's secretary of state.
Exacerbating Citgo's jeopardy, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia ruled last month that Crystallex International, a Canadian gold-mining company, could lay claim to shares of Citgo.
Anything that gets in the way of being able to lay claim to one's head and heart and find language to speak to that is going to get in the way of treatment.
You may enjoy hearing stories about your home before it was yours, or you may find the experience unsettling, like someone is trying to lay claim to a place that is rightfully yours.
Levy and Lee wanted Tottenham to lay claim to the finest stadium in the world, a place where fans wanted to spend time — and, as a consequence, money — before and after the whistle.
And as the Senators have shown us, if you use the same name as an old and forgotten franchise from a century ago, you get to lay claim to the championships for some reason.
Instead, they focus squarely on their unruly, unwieldy female protagonists, who are trying to grow up and lay claim to their own sexual agency in a world that can be brutally uninterested in them.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Libya's U.N.-backed government has formed a board of trustees and appointed directors for the country's contested sovereign wealth fund, moves opposed by others who lay claim to the key financial institution.
Guty Espadas Sr. and Guty Espadas Jr. If we're talking about biological fathers and sons, then the Espadas family can lay claim to being the very first father-son duo to win world titles.
Congress swiftly offered to play the junior role in a coalition to be led by Mr Kumaraswamy, who duly secured a meeting with Karnataka's governor to lay claim to the office of chief minister.
Outside the party, dissidents and religious groups still lay claim to a part of the public stage, and foreign pressure on the authorities not to be too harsh can work—Germany is trying now.
Yet it's been far less fertile ground for home-grown film-makers who can lay claim to producing just one movie -- 2015's township drama, "Katutura" -- in Namibia's 25 years as a sovereign state.
The Americans are fretting mainly because the ruling signals that Europe will lay claim to some of the more than $2 trillion of profits that American firms have amassed offshore, under the deferral provisions.
While MetLife Stadium in Rutherford, N.J., may be home to the Jets and the Giants, each of the city's boroughs can lay claim to playing a role in the history of New York football.
Today's "tendency in which black writers lay claim to the discourse of black music — this increasing tendency — is a much needed development for anyone who cares about modern music," our reviewer, Rick Moody, wrote.
Everyone has a story to tell, a tradition to illuminate or a musical style to lay claim to, and the filmmakers weave these diverse threads into a colorful blanket of sights, sounds and spirituality.
When David Ball equalised for Fleetwood Town in a League One match against Preston North End last season, he achieved something few footballers can lay claim to: a goal that ranks alongside Lionel Messi's finest.
Where traditional fashion seasons — spring and fall — can lay claim to new trends, new patterns, and new rules, the sandwiched season of summer always sees a handful of seasonal classics repeat, while still reinventing themselves.
Jamaica may have a rich cannabis history — Bob Marley can lay claim to one of the drug's cultural icons — but the country is still rolling out its programs, and no major companies have emerged yet.
The Americans, eager to secure their own sources of guano, passed the Guano Islands Act on August 18, 1856, essentially allowing the United States to lay claim to any island they found with guano deposits.
Other new outfits may also lay claim to traditionally social-democratic territory: in Berlin on February 9th, for example, Mr Varoufakis launched DIEM 25, a leftish "movement" committed to pan-continental democracy and burden-sharing.
Bordered by private residences, Virginia Park is an urban experiment, a place where the inhabitants of grand ­stucco-fronted mansions and down-­market apartment buildings can lay claim to the same rose garden and playground.
House conservatives on Wednesday revolted against a massive bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and bust spending caps, complaining that the GOP could no longer lay claim to being the party of fiscal responsibility.
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," he said on Twitter.
Set in Trinidad, it is the story of a middle-aged journalist's efforts to free himself of his dependence on his wife's wealthier, domineering family and lay claim to his own corner of the world.
The U.S. stock market could soon lay claim to being in the longest bull run in modern history, and it is more likely to power on than fizzle as it heads toward its golden years.
His aides believe the strategy will help him lay claim to delegate-rich territory that has been somewhat overlooked as the top-tier candidates focus their energies in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
Now that the team has a venue to call home, the Hollywood Hammers are becoming one of the first esports organizations to lay claim to a city with the hope of building a local following.
"Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong," the statement from Cherokee Nation secretary of state Chuck Hoskin Jr. read.
Also – not an episode so it doesn't count – do yourself a favor and start out with this jam from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 1: How many TV shows can lay claim to creating a holiday word?
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," Musk started out by  tweeting .
As Syria's fragile ceasefire continues to unravel, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies can lay claim to a dubious achievement: participating in the deadliest assault on healthcare facilities the world has ever seen.
This is, at its core, a contest of who will dominate Asia diplomatically, economically and militarily but also who will lay claim to the title of 22019st global superpower — and there can be only one victor.
We all know what Ben Franklin had to say about sleep; I can't lay claim to wealth or wisdom, but it's clear that you can't successfully get up early unless you go to bed correspondingly early.
But neither he nor those who worked for him during those eight years can credibly lay claim to having promoted honesty and lawfulness while in government, particularly where the basic constitutional rights of Americans are concerned.
"Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong," Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. said in a statement.
China claims 90% of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea, but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also lay claim to parts of it, through which about $3 trillion of trade passes each year.
China claims 90 percent of the potentially energy-rich maritime territory, but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also lay claim to parts of it, through which about $5 trillion of trade passes each year.
After spending an entire novel trying to present herself as someone who feels nothing and is bothered by nothing, she's at last beginning to lay claim to the idea that she is allowed to feel things.
For instance: a politician or other figure from a swing state, or from a minority group, who could lay claim to a constituency that Republicans — or at least some senators who are up for election — care about.
In February of 2018, SpaceX launched the first two test satellites for Starlink in order to lay claim to part of the radio wave spectrum — the range of frequencies SpaceX can use to communicate with its satellites.
Users with wireless charging get the extra reassurance that their device is powering up, and the company can lay claim to a new iconic sound within our collective audio consciousness, joining its default ringtone and text tones.
The truth is, of course, that no one nation or culture can lay claim to any greater proclivity to outrageous sexual practices than any other, although the French appear to have borne the brunt of popular misconception.
Unlike San Francisco, whose once-gritty waterfront has been transformed into a high-end neighborhood where the San Francisco Giants play next to multimillion-dollar condominiums, Oakland can still lay claim to the Bay Area's industrial past.
Cities can also be stymied by "preemption," a legal concept that allows the state or federal government to lay claim to certain areas of the law, and prevent lower governments from enacting legislation on the same subject.
It was the fourth time in five outings that the 27-year-old Mariot has held an opponent scoreless, and the seventh time in 10 appearances overall, as he attempts to lay claim to a bullpen spot.
At least three countries — Afghanistan, Pakistan and India — lay claim to its ownership, but for now it twinkles in the Tower of London underneath the curious gaze of tourists moving past on a specially designed conveyor belt.
Though each has offered a slightly different platform, all have tried in their own way to lay claim to Mr. Thompson's legacy, promising to deepen and extend the work he did to change the criminal justice system.
Their proximity and pride have led to plenty of fights — over who can lay claim to Ellis Island (both actually), which state has the best pizza (still raging) and the proper way to get gasoline (solo vs.
In 1998 representatives of 44 countries gathered in Washington, DC, to discuss how the heirs of Jewish collectors could lay claim to the artworks that had been stolen by the Nazis and their agents—often known as Raubkunst.
"Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong," Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. said in a statement last October.
When the burger went from a bare patty to a sandwich is in dispute: County fairs in Missouri, New York and Wisconsin at the turn of the 20th century all lay claim to sightings of the first hamburger.
But top Pentagon officials in the Trump administration have denied three requests by the Navy to sail within 12 nautical miles of a reef in the South China Sea that both China and the Philippines lay claim to.
Ms. Gibson, as a graduate of L.S.U., had a second thought — to rib Mr. Burk — when noticing he was wearing a class ring from U.S.C., two schools that each lay claim to the 2003 college football national championship.
That's really the first period in which we see the symbol's astonishing flexibility and malleability, as well as its allure for multiple people or groups wanting to evoke or lay claim to a particular vision of ancient Rome.
While the U.S. has benefitted from major efficiency gains in oil production during the lower oil price period, Russia, hampered by sanctions on the European continent, has moved forward in its bid to lay claim to new energy sources.
Her attorney wrote in an earlier letter to the surrogate's court that she "would be entirely within her rights if she chooses to lay claim to any and all of Mr. Viafore's death benefits," according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
The UNRWA suspension came a month after Trump announced he would relocate the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem — a move that happened in May and deeply angered Palestinians, as they also lay claim to Jerusalem.
However, it might not be that simple because it's possible that law could be a violation of the United Nations Outer Space treaty, which states that no nation can lay claim to other cosmic objects, such as the moon.
Once, they even tried to lay claim to the curb in front of their house as their own private parking spot, claiming that their property line extended a few inches into the street—but the association won that battle.
While Japan has some way to go in meeting its 2 percent inflation target, Kuroda can at least lay claim to stemming the deflationary doldrums the economy fell into the previous two decades before he took over in 2013.
I'd sit around the TV with my sisters and brother, having a silly, goofy time together, and I wound up winning a lot because I was the oldest, which meant I could always lay claim to the working controller.
Simpson's book has been biggest asset Ron Goldman's father, Fred, and other relatives know they can't lay claim to many of Simpson's assets, such as his NFL pension, as well as any home he has owned or may own.
Eskom was also investigating whether it could lay claim to some of the mine assets of its coal suppliers, given the utility had helped to pay for the operations of their mines as part of historical contracts, he said.
If you go back to any column, you can find an hour's worth of entertainment just reading the comments, which are a display of wit and literacy — and engagement — that any show would be proud to lay claim to.
While there are no official records to verify whether Sahoo is India's first transgender cab driver, her employer Ola Cabs - Uber's Indian rival - and transgender rights charities such as Sahodari Foundation lay claim to the title on her behalf.
Thanks to its visual design work, a few sparse cutscenes, and the ways it encouraged players to regard levels coolly and methodically, that game could lay claim to something exceptional: a leading character both morally questionable and consistently defined.
How can a country with such a high poverty rate — higher than those in Latvia, Greece, Poland, Ireland and all other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — lay claim to being the greatest on earth?
For the Whitney protesters, "Open Casket" was an emblem of the continuing exercise of white privilege that, in this case, allowed a white-controlled museum and a white artist to lay claim to a sensational image of black pain.
"Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong," Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin, Jr., said in a statement at the time.
Pioneers frequently invoked their own property holdings to rationalize their rights to the land, positioning Native American transience as justification for dispossession: The Kickapoo could not truly lay claim to the land because they had not put down roots.
When the burger went from a bare patty to a sandwich style is in dispute: County fairs in New York, Wisconsin and Missouri at the turn of the 20th century all lay claim to sightings of the first hamburger.
New York City is full of cocktail bars, but only one can lay claim to inventing the Bloody Mary, as well as hosting an array of celebrities over the years that include Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, and Joe DiMaggio.
When he pays his taxes to support our own government, to which he owes much of his riches because of tax breaks, roads, infrastructure and other government assistance, perhaps he can morally lay claim to his disappointment in others.
Figures in both camps lay claim to Shakespeare, a towering figure of national pride who recast some of Europe's great love stories and tragedies and quarried the history of kings for some of the jewels of the English language.
He built on this is 2015, using a bit of personal history to lay claim to the pro-life mantle (a doctor had recommended that his daughter, now healthy and in her twenties, be aborted because of possible birth defects).
He went on to administrate a southern Iraqi province after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion there, so he can lay claim to the rather unique experience of having mediated between warring tribes — a skill that might prove useful in contemporary Westminster.
He throws Balon over the side of the bridge and into the depths below, leaving the seat of power open in the Greyjoy family, one Yara would very much like to lay claim to but that she is not guaranteed.
There may indeed be one France, but it is a France made up of many faces, and those whose roots extend far beyond these borders should be able to lay claim to France without suppressing claims to a heritage elsewhere.
Far be it from me to lay claim to an entire trend, but I did spend my last day at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show admiring two especially pretty red editions of popular cars: the Lamborghini Huracan and BMW's i8.
I don't know if he just regressed really badly in 1977 or if voters figured they'd stick with the familiar, but it's fair to say that not many NHL players can lay claim to being multi-time Most Improved Player winners.
While some will celebrate the fact that an American has finally won this coveted prize after a decades-long drought, I read it as a troll of the American writers and poets who could actually lay claim to the award.
" He added, "every nation has a responsibility to do its part if we are going to pass that test, and only those nations who step up and respond to this threat can legitimately lay claim to a mantle of global leadership.
While the White House said that the move doesn't specify the boundaries of the Israeli capital, the decision appeared to take sides in a fight in which both Israelis and Palestinians lay claim to the eastern side of the city.
Beijing's series of recent provocations in the international waterway, which include the installation of anti-ship cruise missiles and radar-jamming equipment on several of its outposts, has triggered concern among neighboring countries who also lay claim to the area.
Speaking at the United Nations' annual summit in New York Tuesday, Khan described the Kashmir, which both India and Pakistan lay claim to, as "an open jail" after an Indian crackdown largely closed off the region to the outside world.
" The latter, Alinsky argues, is the radical position, standing in opposition not only to conservatives, but to liberals who "lay claim to the precious quality of impartiality, of cold objectivity" rather than serving, as radicals do, as "partisans of the people.
With the 1924 and '28 Olympics officially recognised by FIFA as world championships, Uruguay could now lay claim to a hat-trick of world titles, and today wear four stars above their badge (the fourth for their 1950 World Cup triumph).
ICYMI ... Offset made his declaration earlier this week, which triggered Layzie to fire back and say Outkast, NWA and the Beastie Boys can arguably lay claim to the title, but Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is right up there with them.
That internal probe led FIFA to claim so-called "victim status," a legal position that allows the Zurich-based body to lay claim to some of the millions of dollars in restitution fees seized by investigators or forfeited by defendants.
And when multiple groups lay claim to nationhood within the same territory, "ethnic cleansing" can come to seem like a grim but effective solution, a way to make ethnic and national borders line up by forcing out members of competing groups.
But the big test of Trump's welcome will come later Friday, when he delivers a speech expected to explain the implications of his "America First" mantra, in which he will also lay claim to the surging US economy and stock market.
As his parents begin to contemplate moving from their two-story colonial home in Annandale, N.J., to a smaller living space, Travis Miscia, a 30-year-old lawyer, would like to lay claim to a good number of his family's belongings.
While Iowa and New Hampshire lay claim to being the first in the nation contests, South Carolina is the first state where Democratic candidates will test their appeal with African-American voters, a key voting bloc to winning the nomination.
Joe Montana, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning could all lay claim to the "greatest quarterback of all time," which is what New England Patriots head Bill Belichick labeled Tom Brady shortly after he announced his departure from the team on Tuesday.
" –  Alexander Hamilton  or  James Madison ,  Federalist No. 55 TIME OUT: BEYOND THE PAGE   Atlantic:  "Why do some books make us want to know an author personally, identifying so thoroughly with the public work that we try to lay claim to the private self?
Hinch is a thoughtful man who does not take himself too seriously, and he runs a team that won 107 regular-season games — and 311 games the past three years — so he can lay claim to being very good at his job.
Those deep religious attachments to Jerusalem also play out in the conflict between Israel and key Arab states and the fierce competition between two national movements -- political Zionism and Palestinian nationalism -- that lay claim to much of the same religious and political space.
The concoctions you find in the American chains in Thailand can be a unique and interesting marriage of two cultures, and while they may not be 'authentic' in the strictest, food-snobbiest form of the word, they lay claim to plenty of authenticity.
While the Citi Bike program can lay claim to some of the increase in cycling, people who own their own wheels still make up the majority of riders, according to Paul Steely White, the executive director of Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group.
TAKAMATSU, Japan (Reuters) - Japan is known for its abundance of centenarians and can now lay claim to having the world's oldest living married couple, with a combined age of 208 - a feat the wife credits to her patience during 80 years of marriage.
And yet, even these four lay claim to little more than vague beginnings—their earliest mention is found in a literary sketchbook from the early 1900s, with Shandong, the Jiangsu city of Suzhou, Guangdong, and Sichuan representing the cardinal points of the compass.
"Tyurin's alleged hacking activities were so prolific, they lay claim to the largest theft of U.S. customer data from a single financial institution in history, accounting for a staggering 80 million-plus victims," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said in a statement.
They brought a more principled approach to the talks than Indonesia had shown in many previous such negotiations, which were often sidetracked as powerful businessmen sought to lay claim to some ownership of the mines, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student.
Case in point: Wrangler, a company that can rightfully lay claim to the look, has teamed up with the seminal 1970s designer Peter Max on a collection that's as psychedelic as it is cowboy appropriate, and won't eat up your entire shopping budget.
And then, the question is how do we stay in relationship with one another long enough to speak to the truth of that, to bear the feelings that come up and to try to lay claim to our wholeness in one another's sight?
"So, let me be clear: I believe fiercely in the potential of our party, but we cannot credibly lay claim to prioritizing diversity & inclusion when institutions like the DCCC implement policies that threaten to silence new voices and historically marginalized communities," Pressley added.
" The report warned, "There's one religious voice, the conservative evangelical Christian voice, that has decided that it has the right to lay claim to the environment ... and it is able to do that by working with the [Air Force] Academy power structure.
These people include the laborers who built the city, the street urchins whose tears have soaked its pavements, and all generations of common people lacking the political or economic advantages of those who typically lay claim to management of our public memories.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam andTaiwan lay claim to parts of the sea, through which passes about $5 trillion of trade a year Countries competing to cement their rival claims have encouraged a growing civilian presence on disputed islands in the South China Sea.
The specifics of whether China can lay claim to the heavily-contested waters of the South China Sea may have been resolved by The Hague's ruling in favor of the Philippines, but business and trade relations between the two countries could still cloud the issue.
According to a New York Times report, top Pentagon officials in the Trump administration have denied three requests by the Navy to sail within 12 nautical miles of a reef in the South China Sea that both China and the Philippines lay claim to.
Crystallex International, a Canadian gold company whose share of a mining project was nationalized by Venezuela's socialist government, was poised to lay claim to pieces of Citgo, which includes three refineries, pipeline networks and a chain of gas stations valued at up to $10 billion.
It's an unfortunate occurrence all too common to chemistry but history, for the better part of the 19th through 21st centuries, has proved the tale almost archetypal in its commonness: a woman rises to prominence only to have a man lay claim to their successes.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan lay claim to parts of the sea, through which passes about $5 trillion of trade a year Countries competing to cement their rival claims have encouraged a growing civilian presence on disputed islands in the South China Sea.
However, Native American leaders criticized Warren for using a DNA test to lay claim to even a vague connection to a tribal nation, saying culture and sovereignty were just as important as blood and the tests did not confer the rights of tribal citizenship.
In a sense, corporations had been able to lay claim to many of the freedoms and protections afforded by the Constitution, while avoiding the myriad limitations of being an actual human person—after all, a corporation can't be thrown in jail for breaking the law.
With $357.9 billion of announced deals to its name so far this year, Morgan Stanley stands at No. 2, far behind Goldman Sachs, which is advising ARM on the SoftBank deal and can lay claim to $496.5 billion of deals, according to Thomson Reuters.
A state officer may lay claim to qualified immunity if either (1) the officer did not in fact violate the plaintiff's constitutional rights, or (2) any such rights that may have been violated were not clearly established at the time of the alleged incent.
But Native American leaders criticized Warren for using a DNA test to lay claim to even a vague connection to a tribal nation, saying culture and sovereignty were just as important as blood and the tests did not confer the rights of tribal citizenship.
Some Native American leaders criticized Warren for using a DNA test to lay claim to even a vague connection to a tribal nation, saying culture and sovereignty were just as important as blood, and the tests did not confer the rights of tribal citizenship.
Those Mets, those world champion guys, have been stepping into mortality's shadow for years now, Tommie Agee and Donn Clendenon, Ed Charles and Tug McGraw, all gone, so we can not lay claim to shock that another star will now be moving off the stage.
Round-one survivors go on to the final round and pitch again to a new set of judges, and from that impressive field will come one outstanding startup to hoist the Disrupt cup and lay claim to the — wait for it — $100,000 equity-free cash prize.
But the popular piglet is also the object of another sort of unwanted attention: the registration of trademarks related to the brand by foreign "squatters", who hope to benefit as counterfeiters or competitors, or to extract a hefty fee when its true owners lay claim to it.
Because of technological advances, difficulties of mining on land and growing demand for minerals like copper, gold and zinc, scores of nations and multinational conglomerates are rushing to lay claim to huge areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans — some sites the size of small countries.
The problem with "progressive" isn't that it is a label, but that it is such a muddled one—when Buttigieg, Nancy Pelosi, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can all lay claim to it, the word does more to obscure and camouflage their differences, than to illuminate them.
In the years that followed, the tournament got weirder and crazier; by the 1980s, when CBS and ESPN piled on to the lunacy, college basketball had developed a reputation as the one major American sport that could lay claim to at least some semblance of true democratization.
In a matchup between the N.F.L.'s worst team, and one that is trying to lay claim to being its best, the winless Cleveland Browns struck first, with Cody Kessler engineering a few big plays that helped lead to a field goal on the team's opening drive.
But either way, the Oprah boomlet is a chance to recognize her real importance in our culture — and the sheer unpredictable weirdness, perhaps eclipsing even Donald Trump's ascent, that might follow if our most important religious leader tries to lay claim to temporal power as well.
We don't know exactly what Abloh's lecture on Friedman's piece would discuss, but it may seek to dissect the notion that he is the heir to a legacy he never claimed to want, that he can lay claim to a title he has never sought to have.
They could both lay claim to the legacy of the Flemish painters of the 15th and 16th centuries — such as Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Jan van Eyck — as well as the Flemish Baroque generation that followed, especially the work of Peter Paul Rubens.
There are really two artists who can lay claim to the title role: Jesse Kovarsky, the dancer who strikes Chagall-worthy poses onstage while playing the violin version of air guitar; and Kelly Hall-Tompkins, the versatile violinist who makes the music come alive in the orchestra pit.
Joshua Holland points out how the Working Families Party is a good example of this -- not running symbolic candidates that perpetually lose, but strategically cross-endorsing mainstream Democratic candidates in order to be able to lay claim to a share of their victory and thus influence over their agendas.
Its last hope, Ulster, did its best on the final weekend by beating the French club Oyonnax, 221-3, to initially lay claim to one of the three places for the best runners-up, but it saw all of its rivals win to knock it out of contention.
If you know where to look in London's upmarket Chelsea district, you'll find an incredible piece of fashion history: Catherine Walker & Co, one of the last remaining British couture houses and the only one that can lay claim to dressing both Princess Kate and the late Princess Diana.
NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Tata Sons Ltd said on Monday it had made an application to set aside an order obtained by NTT DoCoMo from a London court that would allow the Japanese company to lay claim to Tata's overseas assets to settle a dispute over Tata Teleservices.
Investors in the Chais-operated companies are not permitted to lay claim to the larger amount of money because that share will go to those who invested directly with Mr. Madoff, not through so-called feeder funds, said Kristin Ford, a spokeswoman for California's attorney general, Kamala D. Harris.
In just the past few years, politicians as varied as House Speaker Paul Ryan, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Trump, and Moore have tried to lay claim to the conservative movement—with each arguing that their vision is the one that mad-as-hell voters are crying out for.
Trópico was founded by an enterprising group of young Mexico City residents who, under the name  Archipiélago, lay claim to a bar in Mexico City named Leonor, a brand of mezcal called Union, and now, the growing Trópico fest—they're a sort of one stop party culture machine.
What complicates and deepens that narrative is that both Brown and Allen are black, and their success flies in the face of a genre that has often been ruthlessly closed-minded about who can lay claim to the rural experience, at least when it comes to songs about it.
Like other guys his age, Sam feels oppressed by an older generation of guys who lay claim to all the credit, the money, the art and the women, while he is left with a literal and spiritual pile of junk that may not mean what he hoped it would.
At the close of the 20133th century, Britain decided to build a railway line from the port of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to its protectorate of Uganda, in a bid to lay claim to the land in between amid rumblings that the German and French empires were coming for it.
Juli Berwald's Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone is as much about jellyfish (which, it turns out, are fascinating) as it is about Berwald — her reflections on following this esoteric passion for years, on deciding to lay claim to this kind of scientific exploration.
In a one sentence ruling, an appeals board granted the rights to the powerful gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, while leaving the door open for rival CRISPR pioneer UC Berkeley to file a new patent to lay claim to those same discoveries.
While the dunk can't lay claim to the reason why the Cavs (might've) swung the series back from the grave—after all, there was some masterful three-point shooting from J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving for 8-17 from behind the stripe—the dunk made a healthy appearance last night.
It may be that it's still more socially acceptable for a woman, for Clinton in particular, to lay claim to that kind of achievement at a time when she has simultaneously been humbled; every ecstatic, inspirational touch point in that speech was moderated by a profound sense of overall poignancy.
If Wayne is responsible for Auto-Tune's creep into the world of high rap artistry, B can surely lay claim to the rise of more ambient production and, given his penchant for hooks that were just someone's name repeated over and over, a whole wing of Migos-esque songwriting as well.
They treat our people like antiquated fixtures, cartoons, or extinct animals in places we are indigenous to; diminish the role we played in the protection and restoration of our sacred lands; and then have the audacity to tell us that we have no right to lay claim to our own mother.
Add to it a fine survey of work by the Afro-Caribbean conceptualist Nari Ward at the nearby Barnes Foundation, and the foundation's pioneering and under-known collection of "classical" African sculpture, and this city can lay claim to being in the middle of a full-fledged African art summer.
When Norwegian Cruise Lines' Norwegian Bliss arrives in May 2018, passengers will be able to play galactic-themed laser tag or race electric cars at up to 30 mph on a 1,000-foot long, two-level race track that will lay claim to the title of largest race track at sea.
Obama may have left office nearly three years ago, but his presence -- and the legacy he left from running two successful presidential campaigns -- looms over the 2020 race, with many of the Democrats looking to retake his old job by attempting to lay claim to portions of the Obama mantle.
So put it this way: Whatever else may become of them, the conservative "NeverTrumpers" are not going to lose their jobs no matter what happens in the general election, and beyond that, can and will continue to lay claim to the argument that they are true conservatives and Trump is not.
It was designed to lay claim to an issue that has received less attention than big picture domestic policy pushes in the race while also seeking to alleviate concerns that his age and lack of national experience would leave him at a disadvantage in a field packed with sitting senators, congressmen and governors.
With Assistant, Google is trying to lay claim to the next one: creating an interface out of AI. If you just look at the new features of Assistant individually, you might miss that they're just emergent features of a larger vision — reducing the gap between input and output to a mere sliver.
As part of the boutiques' growth, small banks like Qatalyst or Ducera Partners (which, still in its infancy, elbowed big banks aside last month to lay claim to the biggest deal of the year) have claimed a bigger portion of M&A revenue in the years after the financial crisis, according to Dealogic.
China, Russia ramping up tests of hypersonic gliders to counter new US strategy: analysts How underwater drones are threatening to escalate South China Sea tensions Stampede: the inside story of Vancouver's wildest property deal, gone in 7,200 second , Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei also lay claim to the waters in the South China Sea.
It's a point that has been restated a thousand times at least, but the fight game on these shores has declined substantially since the golden era of the nineties, and the national boxing establishment is desperate to lay claim to a talent who can haul them back to prominence on the world stage.
Carolina Miranda writes: But this case, which encompasses the history of European tumult in the first half of the 113th century, contains an array of difficult narratives about who is allowed to lay claim to the art — raising moral and legal questions about the murkiness of ownership in the chaos of revolution and war.
Rie Rubin is seeking to have the prenuptial declared invalid, BuzzFeed News wrote:Rie Rubin, who is also seeking a divorce in a separate family court, is suing to invalidate that prenuptial agreement and to potentially lay claim to a portion of Andy Rubin's net worth, which court documents estimate to be around $350 million.
Finally, the judges will choose one stand-out startup to lay claim to the Startup Battlefield MENA 2018 crown, a US$25,000 no-equity cash prize and a trip for two to Disrupt San Francisco in 2019 — where they get to compete in that Startup Battlefield (assuming the company still qualifies to compete at the time).
"The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them," Musk said on Twitter last month during a spat of bad press, which he dismissed as the merely the result of a bankrupt media ecosystem.
No other member of the court can lay claim to saving Roe v Wade, affirmative action and marriage equality while also gutting the Voting Rights Act, striking down campaign-finance laws (in Citizens United v FEC) and upholding the use of death-penalty drugs that carry a risk of inflicting something that looks a lot like torture.
The prospect of this decision, first reported by The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and the process they have taken to get there tell us two things: First, Republicans can no longer lay claim to being a pro-business party, successful as they've been at making the states they control increasingly undesirable to modern businesses and workers.
All the judges confer, and they will choose one outstanding startup to lay claim to the Startup Battlefield MENA 2018 championship, a US$25,000 no-equity cash prize and a trip for two to Disrupt San Francisco in 2019 — where they get to compete in that Startup Battlefield (assuming the company still qualifies to compete at the time).
After seven seasons of tuning in to see who would lay claim to the Iron Throne and rule the Seven Kingdoms, fans were more than disappointed by the out-of-nowhere outcome; Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) was slain, Jon Snow was exiled to the Wall, and Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) somehow became king of Westeros.
Enfield Town have chosen not to lay claim to the old side's history even if they maintain that they have preserved the essence of the club, meaning that Enfield 1893 are the technical heirs to the original Enfield FC. That said, only one of Enfield FC's successors can claim to play in the local borough, or North London for that matter.
But only Li, the sole woman at the table, could lay claim to a groundbreaking accomplishment in the field of AI. As the researcher who built ImageNet, a database that helps computers recognize images, she's one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are responsible for AI's recent remarkable advances.
Now, we're not saying the 15 pieces ahead are affordable (at least, not for those of us who can't lay claim to "Beez In The Trap"), but they are 50%, 60%, and sometimes even 75% off — meaning if a treat yo'self type of splurge is on your bucket list, consider this a slightly more wallet-friendly opportunity to do so.
Launched in Somerset in the West Country in 21 (with a £2125 loan from a mother to her enterprising son), the British luxury brand and leather goods specialist Mulberry may not be as gargantuan as the designer labels grouped under the LVMH or Kering umbrellas, but it can proudly lay claim to producing one of the most famous and successful handbag designs of all time: the Bayswater.
They explain that the United States had a valid justification for attacking Mexico—among other things, they say, there was a matter of unpaid debts—and that it also had a right to whatever territory it could lay claim to as a result, which, in that case, included all or part of what would become California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Already, before the R.S.S. vision takes shape, a vast majority of Muslims from Kashmir and elsewhere, the Christians of the northeast and the rest of the country as well as many in the south of India who lay claim to a different Hindu cultural identity from those in northern India, like the Sikhs I spoke to, are making it clear they want no part of it.
Of course, there are plenty good teams who could prove them wrong; at the time of this writing the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, and New England Patriots are all still alive—and all, to one degree or another and one point in this season or another, could lay claim to being the 'best,' 'hottest,' and/or 'toughest out' in the league.
Orrin Hatch, Porter is a former Rhodes scholar and a lawyer who clerked on the DC circuit of appeals, The 41-year-old was the only Trump White House senior staff member who can lay claim to having worked in all three branches of the government, and he is also the only person so far subpoenaed by Nadler who was not a member of the Trump campaign.
I have only one caveat: In awe, no doubt, of the formidable task she has set herself, Hustvedt is compelled to let us know how extensively she has studied by invoking the names of almost everyone she has ever read, thereby making the essay often seem, unnecessarily, as though it has been written by someone who swallowed a library whole in order to lay claim to authority.
His complex notion of genealogy allowed him, in works like "History Is Your Own Heartbeat" (19783), "Photographs, Negatives: History as Apple Tree" (21978), "Images of Kin" (21989) and "Honorable Amendments" (21978), to lay claim to figures as varied as Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island; the Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston; the abolitionist John Brown; and, in the poem "Study Windows," two anonymous German immigrant craftsmen.
I'd want someone who could lay claim to being a trailblazer and reap some of the excitement that comes from that; someone who couldn't be tarred as a Washington insider; someone who was effortlessly fluent in, and respectful of, religion without buying into the divisively censorious strains of it; someone whose message and style weren't instantly familiar facsimiles of previously successful candidates; someone who radiated the kind of thoughtfulness that's foreign to Trump.
Sure, it wouldn't be the same as getting Apple and Spotify to raise the pay per stream rates, but if Jay Z can deliver a sizable check to every artist that came on board — I'm guessing this would be an all-cash deal rather than a stock deal if Apple goes through and acquires Tidal — he can lay claim to victory by getting the world's biggest music store to cut a check to those in the music industry who agreed and believed in his idea.
As 2017 draws to a close, President Trump can lay claim to at least two concrete victories: The confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, and the passage of the biggest tax reform plan in decades (though he has yet to sign that plan into law.) Still, despite the Republican majority in Congress, President Trump largely failed to bring about two major promises of his campaign: The repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, and the construction of a wall along the United States' border with Mexico.

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