Word: rid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even though the composition of the student bodies may not have changed noticeably, the enforcement of the law is "building an affirmative climate for youth," and is getting rid of discriminatory thinking in our own minds, he said. It has relieved the "tension created by fears of discrimination...
...announcement: 17 members of the 53-man faculty were being fired. Wagner's reason: an anticipated 30% drop in enrollments next fall. The Rollins campus was not completely convinced; pointing to the fact that Wagner had sacked several senior teachers, some decided that the new president was getting rid of some who did not fit into the audiovisual future...
Recently the police have been getting more and better tips than they ever got before. They are also finding arms dumped in open fields by comrades who want to get rid of them. The trend, the police guess, may just possibly stem from the party disaffection led by anti-Stalin Deviationists Valdo Magnani and Aldo Cucchi (TIME, Feb. 12). Mused a police officer: "Quite a few Communists seem to be having crises of conscience...
...Georgia, Herman Talmadge's boys are trying to ram restricted press laws through the legislature. The Georgia newspapers see Talmadge's action as an attempt to entrench his position by one of the simplest methods: getting rid of people who don't agree with...
...Department open new ones. Boston has long planned incinerators as a post-war project of first importance, but for some reason nothing has been done. By constructing city owned disposal facilities, Boston could eliminate the persistent contract monopoly. Moreover, a large incinerator in central Boston would not only get rid of the costly Spectacle Island run, but could supply heat and power to the Boston City Hospital...