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High on his list for a second term, he said, is wresting control of the Newark school system from the state.

From New York Times • May 10, 2010

Harry Walton was the oldest son of a poor New Hampshire farmer, who found great difficulty is wresting from his few sterile acres a living for his family.

From Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success by Alger, Horatio