Hatcher has laid claim to a jerkwater, sweaty little mining town named Helldorado. |
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Alicia also laid claim to the small apron of land behind the cottage, with a well and a water pump. |
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In 1784, the hotel housed a coffee house which laid claim to being the most elegant of its kind in Britain, perhaps in Europe. |
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Though it was a numb, lack-of-all sensation that laid claim to his body, it was far more merciful than the excruciation of the previous weeks. |
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Four young sisters have laid claim to being Bolton's most musical family after two of them landed places in national orchestras. |
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Because his own title to the crown was doubtful, he laid claim to that of France. |
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English kings in the 14th and 15th centuries laid claim to the French throne, resulting in the Hundred Years' War. |
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They laid claim to medical expertise as psychiatrists, and urged that patients be treated in clinics and private practices in the early stages of their illness. |
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Japan has laid claim to all the islands seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War II but Russia maintains the issue only involves part of them. |
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As immigrants laid claim to more and more land, relations between Aboriginals and settlers deteriorated. |
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Absolutely not, say the Haitians, who have laid claim to the island since their country was born two centuries ago. |
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Charles of Orleans, the son of Valentina Visconti and the assassinated duke, laid claim to various territories in northwestern Italy, including the duchy of Milan. |
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Of the two European powers that laid claim to the area, France was more ready than Britain to accept this reality. |
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Kosovo was just this test case: NATO acted without a UN mandate and laid claim to legitimacy in universal values. |
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In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth. |
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The Dutch laid claim to the territory he charted and planted a colony — New Netherland, with its capital of New Amsterdam — on the wilderness island of Manhattan. |
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Several countries have laid claim to the islands, situated just north of Brunei, and the naval corridor is an important shipping route for Australian vessels. |
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After the First World War, Poland laid claim to Upper Silesia, which had been part of Prussia. |
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King Edward's death on 5 January 1066 left no clear heir, and several contenders laid claim to the throne of England. |
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The sons of Dafydd Goch may also have laid claim to the title, although illegitimately. |
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It was convened by King Leopold II of Belgium, and attended by the European powers that laid claim to African territories. |
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The fundamental right to asylum that was anchored in the Basic Law after the Second World War was meant to ensure that all those who laid claim to this right would be granted safe refuge until a decision on their application. |
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Wal-Mart has laid claim to the penny pinchers. |
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The Thoroughbred Corporation had laid claim to the bonus. |
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Three little-known groups all laid claim to the bombing. |
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Both Sunnis and Kurds have laid claim to the presidency. |
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Montreal then laid claim to being the commercial hub of the country. |
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Although so many other international colleges and prestigious universities could have laid claim to a major role in the life of UNESCO, just like ENS, in fact none of them has taken up that vocation. |
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Gianni Motti contacted press agencies and laid claim to the explosion. |
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But both the Nepali Congress and the UML have publicly laid claim to the presidency, with the Nepali Congress stating that it will otherwise not participate in a new coalition Government. |
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In the 1850's, Mormon pioneers laid claim to it. |
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The major European powers laid claim to the areas of Africa where they could exhibit a sphere of influence over the area. |
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Though perhaps, too, there was something of the Highland spirit he laid claim to in that: an independent-mindedness with the charm, an obduracy alongside the slight dreaminess. |
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Unfamiliar gangs have laid claim to your territory, rival factions have taken over your rackets, and cash-hungry corporations have laid waste to your once proud 3rd Street home. |
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Here is both all her vital and upward-thrusting nowness, together with all the untidy remnants of everything that she once was or has laid claim to be. |
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In 1147 Henry laid claim to Bavaria, which Conrad III had granted to Henry II Jasomirgott, margrave of Austria, and in 1151 he tried in vain to take possession of the duchy. |
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After being recalled during the 2000-01 campaign, he quickly laid claim to a regular place in the starting XI, but that long-awaited personal breakthrough coincided with a desperately lean period for Les Bleus. |
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Though not known as a goal scorer, he laid claim to two crucial strikes in the first round while carrying the hosts into the second round with a perfect nine-point haul from three matches. |
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After losing out to the USA in their first match, Argentina never looked back as they laid claim to a fifth title at the fifteenth instalment of the FIFA World Youth Championship. |
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After all, seven towns laid claim to being Homer's birthplace. |
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A survey was carried out among the managers of some 124 European SMEs, which coincided with a series of interviews with key professionals in larger companies that laid claim to the practice of good corporate citizenship. |
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The human race, on the other hand, has taken to the stars and various cultural and national factions have laid claim to their areas of the galaxy. |
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Anarchosyndicalism, after the big movements in Argentina, Italy and Japan, laid claim to a final glorious page for itself during the war in Spain. |
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Canada has laid claim to being an emerging clean energy superpower. |
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Concerns about whether the Soviet embassy might have laid claim to these records led to the decision to identify the material as the personal records of Russian consular officials. |
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The survivors built two new ships, the Deliverance and Patience, and most continued their voyage to Jamestown, but the Virginia Company laid claim to the island. |
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However, while there was no loss of life, the ship was wrecked beyond repair, stranding its survivors on the uninhabited archipelago, to which they laid claim for England. |
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The city once laid claim to the largest fleet of slave ships in the history of the trade as its merchants overtook Bristol and London in dominating the Middle Passage. |
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When King Edward died at the beginning of 1066, the lack of a clear heir led to a disputed succession in which several contenders laid claim to the throne of England. |
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Following Henry's death in 1135, one of William I's grandsons, Stephen, laid claim to the throne and took power with the support of most of the barons. |
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