Mr Peddie told the court that, even if the court ruled it was now too late to go back on the children's adoption three years ago, it was vital that they learned the truth and that Mr and Mrs Webster should be allowed to see their children.

BBC: Parents in court to 'clear names'

As in the Quaker case, Mr Dow generally gets to his clients too late, because the federal courts are loth to go back over the problematic trials of the state courts.

ECONOMIST: The deficiencies of the system

To understand what a departure this is from past views of slum life one must go back to the late 19th century's most famous chronicler of the poor sides of town, Jacob Riis.

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If you're one of them and the money gets into the account late, than you'll have to go back and amend your 2006 return, to eliminate some or all of the deduction you claimed for the IRA. That deduction reduced your tax bill.

FORBES: Not So Simple Savings

Or go back in history to the mid-1960s, the late 1920s, the early 1870s, and so on.

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