Word: rid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...club has found a rational explanation for at least one mystery--the zombie. "We translated several old books," Liebman says, "and we have the answer. Zombles are just imbociles, gaunt because they're underfed. Cuban families get rid of them when they're born, and they just go wandering over the country...
Mason revealed there was much resentment on the part of the German representatives at the start of the Seminar. Although six weeks could not get rid of all their suspicion, the friendliness at the Seminar made great progress with the German...
...result should mean that as adults the present day school children would the present day school children would choose superior types of political leaders and rid themselves of anti-social prejudices...
Phil Murray did it at last. For a long time, his right-wing followers have been demanding that he rid the C.I.O. of Reds. During the 1946 convention, the right-wingers rammed through a resolution formally damning all Communistic activities. A sick and uncertain Murray gave only cautious approval. A few months later he called labor agents who peddled the Communist line "goddam traitors," and kicked Harvard-bred Lee Pressman, a notorious Communist-liner, out of the job of C.I.O. counsel. From that point on, Phil Murray grew bolder. Some believe that he even helped push that old bibber...
...digests the night's bill of fare. Every hour he opens his eyes to watch the students walking by between classes. He's not unusually conceited for an owl, but he can't help thinking that they're not so wise as he is. Why don't they get rid of a few of the duller professors, in keeping with God's Law of course, just to see what would happen...