Word: rid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Someone once said that no man should be ashamed of his poverty; he should get rid of it as fast as he can. Texas Governor William Clements did just that, transforming himself from an oilfield roughneck to the millionaire founder of Sedco Inc., one of the world's largest offshore drilling companies. As the first Republican Governor of the Lone Star State in more than a century, "Dollar Bill" Clements, 65, who is seeking a second term this year, is proud to say, "The people of Texas like the idea that I can call the White House and someone...
...stickers denouncing their "Betrayal in Bonn." In recent speeches, Schmidt has heaped scorn on the Free Democrats, calling Genscher a Weinpanscher (someone who sells wine diluted with water). As he took the helm of a riverboat on the Rhine last week, Schmidt implied that he was glad to be rid of the Free Democrats. "With the F.D.P. you can count on one thing: their lack of character," he declared. "If they were stupid but still loyal, that would be worse for us, but they were unreliable as well as stupid...
...match on the tiny astro-turf field at the Heights the booters will practice for an hour in the newly renovated Briggs Cage. Shattuck said the key will be rhythm in passing. "BC is hard almost violent on defense," he said. "We'll need to be quick in getting rid of the ball...
...CRIMSON football team has won two in a row. We can still lay claim to a share of the Number One ranking in the nation, or at least in the lives. Let's get serious this year. Let's mangle those Yaledogs. And let's get rid of the cheerleaders...
...Warsaw and Rome, says NBC, the papal envoy persuaded the Soviets to acquiesce in the Gdansk agreement that gave birth to Solidarity. Exasperated by the Pope's intervention and by his subsequent "plans to send millions of dollars to Solidarity," says Kalb, Brezhnev may have decided to get rid of "this meddlesome priest...