Word: rid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were too old for the work. In many cases, private companies charged one third what it had cost Boston. But the contractors soon won the advantage by gaining control of the available dumps. Competitive bidding became impossible because only one contractor in each district had any way to get rid of the refuse he collected. With the war, labor and equipment shortages entrenched the old companies even more. No new company could be sure enough of men and trucks to make an offer. Boston had to stop inviting bids, and started to negotiate contracts, which meant higher prices...
...hoped that research resulting from the bequest would rid him of his annual cold. He was curious, however, as to why his father, "who was always a healthy person," left his money "to this cold business...
...Plata is the world's largest, it is just as vulnerable as any other gambling house to that once-in-a-million bogeyman, the little gambler with a system that really works. Last week Mar del Plata had to call in the police to help them get rid of a horrifying 30 steady customers, who seemed to have found the dread formula for winning...
...Well, Mr. Bingham, it looks like they've finally gotten rid of the sanity code," we said...
...they intended no appeal from Judge Knox's decision last June, in which he had refused to break up Alcoa, and declared that effective competition now exists in the aluminum industry. Judge Knox had also ordered big stockholders in both Alcoa and Aluminium Ltd. of Canada to get rid of holdings in one of the companies. At the final court session, Alcoa stockholders, who control 35% of the Canadian company, agreed to sell that stock over a ten-year period...