Word: rid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...infielder trying for a double play was the final indignity. After many a loyal but losing season, Redbird fans are fed up. They managed to stomach the trade two years ago of their old favorite, Enos Slaughter. They made only a routine beef when General Manager Frank Lane got rid of such bright hopes as Outfielder Bill Virdon (now batting .311 for Pittsburgh), Pitcher Brooks Lawrence (who has won 16, lost 7 for Cincinnati) and Southpaw Harvey Haddix (who has won 11, lost 5 for Philadelphia). They even managed to sit still for the trading of Infielder Red Schoendienst...
Delegate: Tommy, we gotta get rid of Tydings...
...Says Lever Bros. Chairman Jervis Babb: "The great mass of American families have graduated from a people who work for a living to a people who work for luxury. Price is no longer a basic standard. People buy for value. The store's problem is not to get rid of steaks, but to move the hamburger...
Moricand contributed to the household only one tangible asset, a collection of his exquisitely detailed pornographic drawings. But he declined to sell them to Hollywood connoisseurs. Miller's friends advised him to get rid of his incubus, but Moricand insisted on regarding the papers Miller had signed to get the man into the U.S. as a moral and legal obligation upon Miller to support...
...could do to stumble through his lines. James Ruberti and Ralph Hoffmann, as the wholesaler Guldstad and law-clerk Stiver, made poor starts but improved greatly by their big scenes in the third act. Donald McAllister, who played Paster Strawman, has a serious diction problem. He must get rid of his awful accent, and can start by watching his vowels and sibilants...