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Dr. Flood, remarried and remorseful that in his career he "has hoed a narrow row," assigns Margaret's case to a talented younger colleague.

From Time Magazine Archive

If he has taken the provender or rations and has enfeebled the oxen, he shall make it good from the corn he has hoed.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

If he has taken the seed, worn out the oxen, from the seed which he has hoed he shall restore.

From The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)