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On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style

Animal Person

97/1 The welfare of the child religious, moral, and social, as well as physical and pecuniaryis the paramount consideration for the court. b. 5/1 The scandal of the ‘welfare hotels’ [in New York] where the city places homeless families has been simmering for many weeks. c1369 CHAUCER Dethe Blaunche (Fairf.) 1718 Free-thinker No.