Sentence examples for contemporary claim from inspiring English sources

His account was at odds with MI5's contemporary claim that it had mopped up all German spies at the start of the war.

South Carolina, with its hardscrabble political culture, small-town milieu and complex role in American history, has produced its share of notable politicians, from John C. Calhoun in the 19th century to Representative Joe Wilson, whose contemporary claim to fame was yelling "You lie!" at President Obama as he delivered a speech before Congress.

Thus, the frequent contemporary claim that design arguments all involve appeal to special divine intervention during the course of nature's history that in short design arguments are "God-of-the-gaps" arguments—represents serious historical (and present) inaccuracy e.g., Behe, 1996).

Still, there are subtle traces of contemporary claims evident in the portrayal of this prehistoric culture.

"A distinguished Oxford contemporary claims Cameron once took part in an outrageous initiation ceremony involving a dead pig.

Some of Gran Fury's successes included "Kissing Doesn't Kill" (1990), a series of posters displayed on buses and television service announcements that defied contemporary claims that AIDS could be spread by kissing.

"Kissing Doesn't Kill" (1990), a series of posters displayed on buses, defied contemporary claims that AIDS could be spread by kissing, while "Read My Lips" turned George H.W. Bush's famous campaign line into a homoerotic provocation.

"Kissing Doesn't Kill" (1990), a series of posters displayed on buses, defied contemporary claims that AIDS could be spread by kissing, while "Read My Lips" turned George H. W. Bush's famous campaign line into a homoerotic provocation.

Although the internet occupies a deterritorialized and disembodied space, claims and counterclaims in these competing narratives debated historical and contemporary claims to land and territory, as well as the bodies that appropriately or inappropriately belonged to that space.

We plan to explore the respective roles of social responsibility, solidarity, and community advocacy in probing forgotten collective injustice from the past as a basis for constructing viable strategies for anchoring contemporary claims making.

We are exploring the respective roles of social responsibility, solidarity, and community advocacy in probing forgotten collective injustice from the past as a basis for constructing viable strategies for anchoring contemporary claims making.