Word: rid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Giacometti's ideal would be to spend a lifetime on a single statue, paring ever closer to its essence, but impatience often makes him reduce bust to dust in a matter of minutes. "Despite all my efforts," he complains,"! retain conventional elements I want to get rid...
...year, Pennsylvania Railroad accidents killed 83 people, injured another 792. (In the latest wreck, in May, in which eight were killed, the engineer was reported to have complete vision in only one eye.) All these grievances have left many Pennsylvania passengers feeling sure that the Pennsy wants to get rid of the job of carrying its 75 million passengers, devote all its efforts to moneymaking freight...
...really terrific article ... How can there be spirit in an outfit like this? Get rid of these officers and send us some men and we'll show the Pentagon an outfit...
...been the cleanest of college comics; there have been, however, occasional lapses when it has strayed after false gods. In the future we shall endeavor to eliminate these periodical lapses." The Lampoon wasn't the only College publication to make innovations. The Advocate began livening up its issues "to rid itself of the stigma of being merely 'academic' or 'precious...
...contract was all signed, Mack told SEC. All he needed was SEC approval. (Since SEC had ordered Electric Bond & Share to get rid of N.P. & L. under the Public Utility Holding Company Act, chances were good that SEC would approve.) While he was in a buying mood, Mack also made an offer to individual holders of N.P. & L. stock. He would buy their stock at 45^ a share (10? more than its book value). That was the price he was paying Electric Bond & Share for its holdings. Thus, those who had rushed to buy on Winchell...