Word: rid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kuzmicz's shot sailed in from about 50 feet to Bertagna's chest. Joe caught the puck, but in an effort to get rid of it, the puck rolled between his legs for the score. Dave Peace capped the opening stanza scoring...
Teachers agree. "Talk about achievement," sighs one teacher at a white junior high school. "You find yourself wanting to get rid of them. I've seen kids graduate who can barely spell their names. I had one boy graduate with an E from me-everybody else passed him to get rid...
...superiors. An unbending believer in the old codes, Herbert made a red flag of the Geneva Accords and waved it at the slightest provocation. Apparently, his finger pointing became more than his commanding officers could bear. At first they were incredulous; then they called him "soft"; finally they got rid...
...Washington Post society columnist, approached Barbara Marx in the hotel lobby and introduced herself. Sinatra exploded. "Get away from me, you scum. Go home and take a bath. I don't want to talk to you." He continued, "I'm getting out of here to get rid of the stench of Miss Cheshire." While about 30 people looked on, Sinatra moved across the lobby, addressing a passerby: "You know Miss Cheshire, don't you? That stench you smell is from her." His face reddening, he shouted at Mrs. Cheshire, "You're nothing but a $2 broad...
...part because some big institutional shareholders succeeded in outsmarting themselves. Traditionally, small investors contribute a disproportionate amount of the buying euphoria that accompanies good news. Counting on such buyers to be out in their usual numbers on the long-awaited peace day, mutual funds, banks and pension groups got rid of huge quantities of stocks that were ripe for unloading. But the small investors, who have not yet recovered from their beating in the late '60s and dislike Wall Street's high commission rates more than ever, failed to appear. Says Marvin P. Brown, vice president of Heine...