Word: reclaim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.'" The key words of many of Martin Luther King's speeches were taken from the vocabulary of America's Revolutionary War. As with the words that ended his famous speech at the March on Washington, "free at last," King sought to reclaim the old ideas for a nation divided by race as she had once been divided by loyalties to independence and allegiance to England...
...fullback Art Zarone has picked up 72 yards on 16 carries. Even starting quarterback Nate Sassaman has collected substantial yardage on the ground. going 62 yards on 16 carries. In addition, last year's starting fullback Warren Waldorff has recovered from an ankle injury and is expected to reclaim his position this afternoon...
James, 39, an analyst with San Francisco's Montgomery Securities, flew to Los Angeles for a trade screening of TRON, a $21 million innerspace fantasy with which the Disney organization hopes to reclaim its share of the movie marketplace. "Thirty-five minutes into the film/' he says, "the coughing started, and halfway through, people began to talk. This was a sympathetic audience that had turned apathetic. Walt Disney used to tell his people, 'Start with a story, then make the movie.' This time they got it backward." The next morning, through Montgomery's 30 traders...
...possessions, now completely independent. Britain still claims only a clutch of 13 tiny dependencies, including the Falkland Islands, the British Virgins, Anguilla, St. Helena, Bermuda, Pitcairn Island and the uninhabited British Antarctic Territory. Britain's two most important holdings are Gibraltar, which Spain would like to reclaim, and the free-trade port of Hong Kong...
...West Bank has increased fivefold. These new settlements have been located in the heart of the West Bank and frequently right next to cities with large Arab populations, And many of the new settlers have been religious Jews who do not hesitate to declare their intention to reclaim all of the Biblical land of Israel. These developments have confirmed many Arab's suspicions that the Israelis mean to keep the West Bank permanently...