71.   Among the childhood stories she recounts is a claim that her father, Horace, was a soldier during the Korean War who was imprisoned for selling bootleg cigarettes.

72.   An attorney for the wife, Betty Brown Casey, said that claim is absurd.

73.   Analysts said earnings by Allstate, one of the first home and auto insurers to announce its results, show winter claims could be worse than expected.

74.   And given that NATO plans to expand into Eastern Europe, this claim is serious.

75.   And an insanity claim is difficult to prove.

76.   And for once their claims are absolutely right.

77.   And only when each manager commands respect by action rather than by title will there be true claim to success.

78.   And that claim is one for which Buchanan has some evidence to work with.

79.   And many of those who claim not be be worried may still privately harbor concerns.

80.   And the issue, I think, is worth exploring because benchmark-based performance claims are so much a part of the technology scene.