Word: reclaim
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...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...
...citation is signed by Adjt. Gen. F. L. Whitley, and reads: "As a member of the medical corps he has, by his unusual foresight and organizing ability, made it possible to reclaim for duty thousands of men suffering from physical defects. He has thereby materially conserved for service a great number of men who would have otherwise been lost to the service...
...policy of the Athletic Committee of economising in order to reduce the debt on the Stadium and gradually to reclaim the whole of Soldiers Field is an admirable one, but if the ground available for sport is to be increased at the cost of extinguishing many of the teams that would play on that ground, doesn't it seem that it might be better to go a little slower on the improvements, and let the growth of diversified athletic interests keep pace with the growth of available playing grounds? Nearly everyone feels that now-a-days there...