Word: rid
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...Glenn has gotten the Levinson and Phi Beta Kappa awards, the two teaching awards here," Rest said. "Dan has the Phi Beta Kappa. The University emphasizes multidisciplinary classes, small classes, and undergraduate teaching, and that's what this class is all about. It embodies those qualities so perfectly. Getting rid of these teachers is hypocritical...
WASHINGTON: Like calling in the cat to get rid of the mouse, federal antitrust regulators are pleased with at least one aspect of AT&T's new role as the Cable Guy -- AT&T will be using its cable lines to provide local phone service, creating needed competition for its old kin, the Baby Bells. But regulators are worried about how to bell the cat. "Overnight, AT&T has not only become the No. 1 cable company but also the de facto standard-bearer for the future of telecom," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumhol. "They...
...Serb-nationalist idea that Kosovo is "the cradle of Serbian civilization." It is not clear how much support the K.L.A. had (or has) among Kosovo Albanians generally, but it is certain that its attitude played right into the hands of the more lunatic Serb nationalists, who want to get rid of the Kosovars. STEVE J. BROOK Melbourne, Australia...
...apprentice. And for thousands of years, the master would teach the apprentice, the master would die, the apprentice would then teach another apprentice, become the master, and so on. But there could never be any more than two of them, because if there were, they would try to get rid of the leader, which is exactly what Vader was trying to do, and that's exactly what the Emperor was trying to do. The Emperor was trying to get rid of Vader, and Vader was trying to get rid of the Emperor. And that is the antithesis of a symbiotic...
...care--a kid like Will Vinson, 12, whose aluminum-can-recycling crusade lit a fire under the city's next generation. Since he was a nine-year-old fourth-grader at Littlewood Elementary School, Will has united classmates, teachers, recycling firms and other local companies in a bid to rid Gainesville's school grounds of trash and develop youth recycling programs. Says Will: "I knew that if I did it, the other kids would stand up and do it too. We don't do it if adults just lecture...