Word: rid
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...West Bank and Gaza at all; I see passionate outrage by soldiers and civilians in response to reports of brutality; I see the growth in recent weeks of both secular and religious peace movements. And I see a growing weariness among many Israelis who just want to be rid of the problem of occupation. Do not let your own moral outrage paint you a picture of an Israel halfway down the ethical chute...
Christopher Orr, president of the non-selective Terrace Club, says," personally, I think it's about time they got rid of the all-male clubs. They're about as progressive as stone tools...
...restructuring. On topics ranging from party doctrine and Soviet history to cultural freedom and foreign policy, the General Secretary called for continued change while identifying his own innovations with the Communist ideals of Lenin. "We are striving," he declared, "to revive the Leninist look of the new system, to rid it . . . of everything that shackled society and prevented it from realizing the potential of socialism in full measure...
...other matters, Reagan said Secretary of State George Shultz had given him an "encouraging" report on his just completed trip to the Soviet Union, and said he hoped Israelis and Arabs would "rid themselves of old ideas and stances that cannot work" and begin serious peace negotiations...
Today the mujahedin have all but rid the skies of Mi-24s and MiG and Sukhoi jet fighter-bombers. Last week TIME's Robert Schultheis visited Jaji, an area in eastern Afghanistan where helicopter ambushes once forced the rebels to live like hunted hares. Resistance trucks now move through the area in daylight, and the guerrillas have built a rudimentary hospital. "When we were weak," says Commander Anwar, a local leader, "the Soviets didn't want to talk at all. They are only talking now because we are strong...