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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SURPRISINGLY, Rappaport's earlysuccesses caught the eye of top WashingtonRepublicans, eager to rid themselves of thebothersome Kerry...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Long Trip Downhill | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

Harvard has some catching up to do--we need to rid ourselves of the stubborn anachronism of the University policy on organizations. Kenneth D. DeGiorgio '93 Adam Webb '93 Founders, AALARM

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Policy Impinges Rights | 10/27/1990 | See Source »

...follows in the tradition of the original 1965 Voting Rights Act. Congress, hoping to solidify the voting rights guaranteed in the Fifteenth Amendment, passed the first act "to rid the country of racial discrimination in voting." Over the past 30 years, Congress and the courts have outlawed poll fees, literacy tests and intelligence examinations...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Judging Judicial Elections | 10/18/1990 | See Source »

...weevil is quiet and well-kept, and liked by all of the dorm. It would be ridiculous to have to get rid of it," Alexander said...

Author: By Scott M. Finn, | Title: Undergrads Hide Illegal Pets | 10/3/1990 | See Source »

...very popular, so a blow aimed at him would hurt the party and the people. That's probably why he was marked for sacrifice: his death provided a pretext for shaking up the country, alarming the people so that they would accept the terror and let Stalin get rid of the undesirables and "enemies of the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khrushchev's Secret Tapes | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

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