Word: rid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...equally serious difficulty was the Communist Vietnamese military presence. Before Sihanouk's fall, Lon Nol called on the Communists to evacuate their Cambodian sanctuaries immediately. That demand was not emphasized publicly after the takeover. Nonetheless, Sirik Matak told TIME Correspondent Burton Pines in Phnom-Penh that getting rid of the Communist forces remained a primary goal. "We demand that they immediately leave our territory," the prince said. "Sihanouk violated his own-and our-proclaimed policy of neutralism by permitting the Vietnamese foreigners to stay inside Cambodia. We cannot tolerate it. We have every expectation that this matter...
Still, the Marines depart with a sense of frustration and malaise, of leaving the job unfinished, of expending too much blood for too little gain. As an elite organization, the Corps has always been the target of Army jealousy and rivalry. "After every war they try to get rid of the Marines," says one colonel. Viet Nam is no exception. The sister services and a budget-conscious Defense Department are already taking aim at the Corps...
...customer seeking help. If he reacts harshly to the almost inevitable runaround, he should then try phoning his own office and experience the obstacle course he has set up. As one way of clearing away the communications barriers between the boss and his customers and employees, Townsend suggests getting rid of secretaries - an idea not likely to reduce the book's publicity potential. He has a few words about boards of directors: "Suppliers of goods and services - like lawyers, accountants and bankers -should be kept off the board if at all possible. Give one of these a seat...
...think it will be helpful for people to know the decisions before spring vacation." May said. "It's important to get rid of the uncertainty...
...about the Olympics in Japan. "Skating was something novel to me then that I wanted to try out. Oh, I did skate once when I was two years old-I had so much energy that my parents decided that they'd better find some way for me to get rid of it. But I caught bronchitis, and didn't skate again until I was eight," he said...