Word: reclaim
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...favored position of maniacs legally puts a premium on insanity, which forces the shrewdest wrongdoers to put in a plea of lunacy if they are to expect clemency. Modern nations do all in their power to reclaim the hopelessly insane criminal and at the same time punish the sane man of perverted ideals as rigorously as the prevailing idea of justice permits...
...only were the cars obstructing the path of sanitation hauled away, but when their owners went to reclaim them, a charge of $3.50 was imposed for towing services, plus a dollar a night for storage...
...approve participation of the Church in politics; roundly upbraided Senator Moses of New Hampshire for his anti-Bok-plan attitude. ¶ Mrs. F. W. Pease said that Christian women should take unmarried mothers and their children into their homes and pews, that rectors sometimes did not have time to reclaim these girls. ¶Bishop Brent said every clergyman had time to help the unmarried mother. ¶ Canon Gabriel Farrel lamented the bold manners of unchaperoneu girls. ¶ Bishop Brent proposed that his own salary be cut if necessary, so that the Province could raise its quota for missionary work...
...eleventh hour, when the young Russian nobleman attempts to reclaim the family heirlooms in the teeth of a harsh condition which must be fulfilled to the letter, he finds himself confronted with further obstacles, all in that remarkable agreement...
Although only two days remain in which to reclaim the deposit and return the books in accordance with the rules, up to the present only about 50 per cent of the books borrowed have been returned...