Word: rid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York City's health commissioner has his way, there will soon be a mug shot on file of every American pit bullterrier in the Big Apple. Hoping to rid New York of a canine breed favored by dope dealers because of its alleged propensity to clamp its powerful jaws on humans, Commissioner Stephen Joseph has proposed to the city's board of health that pit bull owners be required to have their dogs tattooed, muzzled in public, insured for a minimum liability of $100,000 and, yes, photographed for city records. If Joseph's proposal becomes part of the city...
...transformation in the lives of my contemporaries was far more subtle. Reagan's desire (apart from that of some his crazier compatriots) was foremost to rid the country of its malaise, and to dispel what he felt was a national gloom. He mentioned this proudly only last week in his farewell address. In some sense, he has surely succeeded in restoring hope and confidence, for the economic recovery of the last several years would never have succeeded without the faith of investors...
...before Kohl's admission, delegates from 149 nations concluded a meeting in Paris aimed at extending the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which bans the use -- but not the production and stockpiling -- of chemical weapons. The diplomats made all the right noises about the need to rid the world of poisonous gases, but in the end did little more than reaffirm the protocol. While the delegates expressed "serious concern at recent violations" of the protocol, they did not even specifically condemn Iraq and Iran, whose use of toxic weapons in the gulf war helped bring about the Paris conference...
...they should get rid all of the dancing on the field...
...likes to talk of his triumphs, there have inevitably been controversies and defeats. One of the most striking was the five-year battle over 100 Central Park South, a dignified prewar apartment building that Trump decided in 1981 to demolish and replace. To do that, he had to get rid of tenants who clung to 50 rent-controlled apartments that cost them as little as $300 a month. Trump brought in a new management company renowned for its ferocity. Out went the lobby furniture, unrepaired went the broken elevator, unpainted and uncleaned the halls and stairways. Eviction notices proliferated...