Word: rid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chickens can't fly well anyway, so why not get rid of their wings and replace them with meatier, tastier legs? That's not really why a group of scientists is tinkering with chicken limbs -- the real answer is that their experiments may eventually help prevent human limb deformities. And yet the successful research raises a possibility - monstrous to some, perhaps - tempting to others...
...past, Wintergreen Lifesaver's "when you bite it in the dark it makes a spark" gives the inexperienced a classier way to ignite some real electricity. With what other breath mint can you tantalize your tastebuds with the sugary sweetness of a candy at the same time as you rid your breath of the stale Folger's stench of late-nite cramming. Grab these brightly packaged, tasty "o"s from your Kate Spade and show your friends that you've got a wild side beneath that stylish exterior. Who needs the annoying pop of Bazooka Joe or the tongue-numbing...
...time a reporter gets on you because you haven’t answered a legal mate section, you're never going to get rid of them," he said. "It's like having a flea...
...sites in northern Iraq Monday, Defense Secretary William Cohen toured the Gulf states hoping to maintain support for Washington's strategy. "There's a lot of skepticism here about what the U.S. is doing," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. "Everyone in the region wants to get rid of Saddam, but they don't want to maintain an indefinite bombing campaign." Despite weekend press reports of U.S. officials nodding and winking about coup prospects, MacLeod is skeptical. "The assassination, quite possibly by the regime, of a Shi'ite cleric in the south last week, sparked some unrest...
...hard to get rid of things around here. It's easy to grow things, [but] it's hard to cut them," Thompson says...