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Word: rid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...foreign policy too we have to get rid of the command-administrative system ((jargon for dictatorial rule)). There's no other choice. It's the imperative of our time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gorbachev Interview: I Am an Optimist | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...students, you cannot lose by giving to E4D. Should Harvard divest, your money will go for the same purpose it would have had you given to the Senior Class Gift. In addition, you can have the satisfaction of helping to throw Harvard's weight behind the struggle to rid the world of one of its most repugnant regimes. Corny as it may sound, your $20 contribution represents another chink in the armor of apartheid...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: E4D: The Classier Class Gift | 4/26/1990 | See Source »

...loyal to individuals, as he showed in the Senate in 1986 by his frantic efforts to win a judgeship for Daniel Manion (whose written opinions were more embarrassing than Quayle's spur-of-the-moment inanities); but he does not play to lose. If Bush wants to get rid of Quayle, he may get as little cooperation as Eisenhower got from Nixon. Kristol, who turned down other job offers in the Administration to go with Quayle, is firm for his man. Similar commitments are in the making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DAN QUAYLE: Late Bloomer | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...Think you can get rid of me with that smarmy, unctuous reply, do you? Well, no such luck." (Tears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Apr 23 1990 | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...mostly there are runners. Some relaxed and joking, others serious and confident, a few nervous and highstrung. There are endless lines to the johns as runners get rid of that extra glass of water they had with breakfast, and every lawn is littered with people stretching out or gearing...

Author: By E.k. Anagnostopoulos, | Title: The Long Walk to Recovery... | 4/17/1990 | See Source »

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