Word: rid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Summerlin's defense seem frail indeed. It is difficult to support Summerlin's suspicion that Good, who had been his mentor at the University of Minnesota, turned on him and attempted to force him out of S.K.I.; as director of the institute, Good could have got rid of Summerlin without resorting to Machiavellian maneuvering. The director flatly denies that he expressed disappointment at Summerlin's failure to make any new observations in his first six months at S.K.I...
...said: "Help Richard Nixon get rid of the Jew-Communists...
...wanted neither the long arm of the law nor Detroit to harness me into my seat belt [April 29]. But it was not easy to regain control of my car. First, I had to get rid of the offensive red light that glared "Fasten Seat Belt." I thought this would still the buzzer, but no; luckily, my adrenaline gave me the power to rip out the wiring system. I also managed to dismantle the buzzer that told me the key was in the ignition while the door was open. My wife and I still use our seat belts...
...relevant even to an impeachment inquiry than the transcripts are, because it is an inspiring example of a people trying to take government into their own hands--something the American people's elected representatives in Congress are shamefully reluctant to do. And the parallel goes further than that. Getting rid of Marcello Caetano and replacing him with Antonio de Spinola didn't guarantee real change any more than replacing Richard Nixon with Gerald Ford would--but without that spur thousands of Portuguese would not have taken to the streets, no longer afraid of the fascist police who'd tortured dissenters...
...Deficit. Whatever happens to the controls and tax bills, they are setting the stage for a first-class political fight that will likely continue through the fall elections. Most Administration officials want to get rid of controls once and for all, arguing that they only breed shortages of goods by holding prices down artificially. In opposing a tax reduction, the President and his aides argue that putting more spending money in consumers' hands and intensifying demand would only fan inflation. Moreover, the White House estimates that the federal deficit in fiscal 1975, even without a tax cut, will...