Word: reclaim
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...passages like these, he brilliantly exposes the absurdity of stereotyped notions of racial difference. In interviews, James has said that he wants to reclaim those negative images: "It's my belief that in order for racism not to have a real psychic effect, Black people who are victims of racism have to take back the imagery of racism and turn it on those who use it against them...
...administrators say, Harvard has finally begun preparing to reclaim the leadership role it once held in putting technology to use in an academic setting...
After I left that day, my clothes and bedding were confiscated. Someone in the super's office told me I could reclaim them by surrendering my keys. If I was caught in my room again, they said, they would change the locks...
...Administration's urban-emergency-aid bill but agrees with Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, who says that even that sum represents little more than "a small down payment" toward what's necessary. "To say that you don't need a massive investment of perhaps $20 billion a year to reclaim the cities is ludicrous," says Bradley, who has his own litany of prospective family- bolstering programs. The centerpiece is a proposal that would establish a nationwide network of "15-month homes" in which poor babies and their (typically) unwed mothers would be housed in order to provide a nurturing environment where...
...time around, it is that they be honest about who they are. At the moment, the poetry of the Perot campaign -- what he is selling and thousands of volunteers are buying -- is the image of a Texas outrider ready to represent the little guy against the power brokers and reclaim the country from moral paralysis. It is an appealing image in this year of voter unrest, but only to the extent that it is true...