Word: reclaim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Just two days after the march, the RUS- sponsored Take Back the Night week began, which is a series of events to increase awareness of violence against women. The Take Back the Night series will culminate next Tuesday with a rally and march "to symbolically reclaim the night," Zellweger says...
With perhaps its best squad since its national-championship team in 1984, Harvard had its bags packed, ready for a trip to reclaim its long-lost crown, but nowhere...
...idea of seeking the nomination in the Democratic primary, chose instead to wage an independent campaign under the banner of the "Harold Washington Party." Thus, having defeated one black opponent in the primary, Richie Daley will have to overcome another in the general election on April 4 to reclaim his father's office. If he does, Chicago would become the third major city (after Cleveland and Charlotte, N.C.) in which the mayor's office, once won by a black, has reverted to white control...
...fundamental desire of Americans to own their own property, by luck or by pluck, has inspired some creative ways to reclaim the dream. In fact, the rapid increase in prices has prompted many potential buyers to hasten their search, since waiting would put them farther behind. In their zeal to raise down payments, young buyers are raiding their retirement accounts -- and duly paying the penalties -- or ceding part of the equity in their homes to outside investors. Others are turning for help to state-financed programs and innovative private and nonprofit housing developers...
...fundamental desire of Americans to own their own property has inspired - some creative ways to reclaim the dream even as prices and interest rates continue to climb. While young first-timers must often settle for less than their parents had, most are delighted to be able to afford a home. -- Cleaning up the auto-insurance mess calls for a new system: coverage by the tankful...