Word: rid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...matter how the Supreme Court ruled. To the disappointment of the braced opponents, five of the Justices seized on this factual quirk and declared the case moot because DeFunis' law-school status no longer presented a controversy. The minority contended that the court was really "straining to rid itself of this dispute...
...personally was in favor of prosecuting The Post, he continued, and conviction would force us to get rid of our broadcast properties. This conversation was duly reported to the editors by Clawson, and it sounded then--as now--a little like blackmail...
Albert O. Hirschmann, Littauer Professor of Political Economy, said yesterday that "Kissinger does want to get rid of some of the more paternalistic policies of the past." Hirschmann said that the U.S. position in OAS has changed "slightly" from its former position of dominance...
Boyle had authorized Yablonski's murder three weeks after the insurgent announced that he would challenge him for the union presidency. Said the prosecutor to the jury: "Why was Yablonski killed? To get rid of Yablonski's fighting spirit." As proof, Sprague questioned former U.M.W. Official William Turn-blazer, who recounted a June 23, 1969 meeting with Boyle at U.M.W. headquarters in Washington. According to Turnblazer's testimony, Boyle said: "We're in a fight. We've got to kill Yablonski. Take care...
...getting rid of controls, Congress and the Administration are making a risky bet that a record harvest this fall, and a potential drop in oil prices resulting from increased supplies will take much of the steam out of the present inflation. If they are wrong, the big loser will be the already price-burdened U.S. consumer...