Word: theft
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These urchins were orphaned by the War, revolution, famine. Once there were two million of them; now there are said to be only 100,000. They live by theft and the world is their home. Now they are fighting with sticks, stones, fists, knives for the possession of tar boilers for winter shelters...
Most important was the item of recognition of the property right of news. U. S. delegates protested against theft of exclusive news, scoops and beats, averring that the newspaper which discovers news first should have the sole right, for the day at least, to print the news. British newspapers were opposed, arguing that whatever happens is the property of the people, not a private organization...
...system of the day. He meant to proclaim the Christian doctrine that all men are brothers, the hopeful opinion that even the most reprehensible wretch is kin to God. His example is Jean Valjean, a strapping fellow, brutalized by 19 years in the chains of convict labor for the theft of a loaf of bread. The kindness of an old bishop causes the spark to glow in Valjean, so that after his release, he devotes himself to saintly deeds. He becomes mayor of a small French town, befriends a stricken harlot, adopts her child, Cosette. Later he retires to Paris...
...ivory, gold and diamond value, a search might profitably be conducted through the pawnshops. If the infinitely more valuable artistic qualities had been coveted, it must have been the work of highly skilled international crooks, for disposition of Metropolitan art treasures is of even greater difficulty than their theft. A fortunate twist was given the case, when two frames were found in two lower East Side pawnshops, where they had been deposited in exchange for $75 each. The other four are still missing, as are, unfortunately, the portraits themselves...
...scientifically-established health benefit of the sun's vital rays. ... If the exigencies of business rob its men and women of natural physical advantages and if science perfects means of returning the stolen goods, it seems to us to be the duty of business to admit the theft and to make amends by acceping the contributions of science. If we were to view this move solely as an investment, on which we might expect a profitable return, we are confident that vitaglazed windows of our new building would give us that return in a newly invigorated personnel...