Word: rid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Start now to get your feet ready for the day when you come out of a landing boat looking for something to shoot. Get rid of athlete's foot now. . . . Whenever possible (in combat) remove your shoe pacs and massage your feet. This should be done every twelve hours. . . . Spare socks are your most valuable piece of extra clothing. Change to dry socks whenever possible, and if they are not available wring out your wet socks before putting them back...
...last week, insiders said, two of the President's top czars consulted on the quiet with Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Subject: how to get rid of Under Secretary Sumner Welles...
Playwright Anderson had just returned from watching the progress of U.S. soldiers in North Africa. At night's end he wrote in the logbook: "There is no longer the slightest danger of bombing or invasion. . . . Let us get rid of this wasteful and retarding defense setup of ours...
...Peace. The people responded with anger and dismay. In Milan, despite Premier Badoglio's ban against public assemblies, they gathered in shattered streets and cried: "We got rid of one tyranny; now we must remove another." In Rome crowds shouted "Peace!" and knelt to pray with Pope Pius XII who came from the Vatican to see the raid damage...
...reducing diet of 900 to 1,300 calories, administered the drug only when hunger got the better of the patients. Backsliders then got about 5 mg. of dextroamphetamine an hour before each meal. (When necessary patients also got thyroid extract or a diuretic to help them get rid of liquids...