Word: rid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first day of March, Prisoner Al Capone was visited by his wife Mae. His brother Ralph stood around outside. Back on the mainland they were cornered by reporters. No, Al was not insane, they said. He was just broken in spirit. "Well, what do we do to get rid of you?" said Ralph. The reporters said they should pose for a picture. "Half my face,'' said Mae, wearily. Photographers then snapped the first picture (see cut) of Mae Capone since Al was sent to jail...
Lloyd George: "You have got rid of the one man in your Cabinet who would stand up to the Dictators...
There has been a movement in the University for some time in favor of the abolition of the elections, and the immediate cause of the present petition was the action of the Student Council last week in postponing the elections a month, thereby refusing the plan of getting rid of them entirely...
...university graduates are unemployed it is serious, but it is certainly not the fault of the universities. It is only through education that we can ever get rid of unemployment. That he may not get a position is a chance a student will have to take. What is necessary is that each one realizes that a degree does not guarantee a job. Education never has been necessary to make money, but that in no way diminishes its value. To cut enrollments, even in law school, would not only be unfair to those who can and want to have such...
...Russian proverb describes as 'neither God's candle, nor Devil's broom.'. . . Our Constitution foresees the possibility of that situation-a deputy who has begun to kick. . . . The Government must organize new elections in a case like that. . . . If they have gone astray, get rid of them!" Russian wise-acres estimated that it would take about 24 hours for Mr. Stalin to "organize" the recall of any deputy who kicked...