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Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
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{{Anchor|Dumpster diving}}
{{Anchor|Dumpster diving}}
|Searching through dumpsters for food or other material that can be used rather than discarded; first known use: "Restaurant and store owners have complained about drunks panhandling during the day and 'dumpster diving' through trash at night."<ref>Phil Long, "Special Wing for Drunks Suggested at Future Jail," Miami Herald D1 (Nov. 24, 1982).</ref> It is also a popular method used by watchdog groups; they rummage through the trash of organizations they consider to be corrupt, hoping to find evidence to use against them (televangelist Robert Tilton's ministry was brought down in such a manner; thousands of prayer requests -- with all the donations removed -- were found in the dumpster of his attorney). The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''Kissinger v. New York Times'' ruled that when a person throws something in the trash, they forfeit any claims to property rights over the discarded items.
|Searching through dumpsters for food or other material that can be used rather than discarded; first known use: "Restaurant and store owners have complained about drunks panhandling during the day and 'dumpster diving' through trash at night."<ref>Phil Long, "Special Wing for Drunks Suggested at Future Jail," Miami Herald D1 (Nov. 24, 1982).</ref> It is also a popular method used by watchdog groups; they rummage through the trash of organizations they consider to be corrupt, hoping to find evidence to use against them (televangelist Robert Tilton's ministry was brought down in such a manner; thousands of prayer requests -- with all the donations removed -- were found in the dumpster of his attorney). The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''Kissinger v. New York Times'' ruled that when a person throws something in the trash, they forfeit any claims to property rights over the discarded items.
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