Word: rid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nowadays no employer with a grain of sense would tire his men for joining a union. Once they have joined, the Wagner Act leaves the boss no choice except 1) to recognize their union, or 2) find some other excuse for getting rid of them. No fools, directors of the Richland Center (Wis.) Co-operative Creamery last week forestalled NLRB prosecution by promising to deal with an A. F. of L. union which some of their employes had joined. Next day five of the six directors stood by while 500 farmers racketed into Richland Center...
...possible solutions to the present problem of House dances, the projected Harvard "prom" is undoubtedly the worst. Such a function, while getting rid of none of the important evils of House dances, would completely destroy the charm of the undergraduate social season, and would cause every self-respecting student to go out of town for the weekend on which it was held...
...turned on his cold, cruel wife, who had been the brains of the crime. 'You got me into this kidnaping racket,' he said. 'Now I've got G-heat on me and I'll never get rid...
...that France has got rid of her first and only Socialist Premier, hectic Léon ("New Deal") Blum, the British last week were ready to give important financial aid to new Middle Class Premier Edouard Daladier. President Roosevelt was ready...
Were the Cardinals gladly getting rid of a problem child who had caused them many a headache? Were they turning a potential liability (Dizzy Dean won only 13 games and lost 10 last year) into a cash asset? Were they going to concentrate on attack this year with such powerful sluggers as Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize and highly touted Rookie Enos Slaughter? Was Dizzy a has-been like his brother Paul, who was sent back to the minors fortnight ago? And if his arm was bad, why did the Cubs, co-favorites with the Giants to win the National League...