Word: rid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...west, his message of economic prosperity and political stability is greeted with immense enthusiasm. That, plus his military victories, may soon catapult him into the presidency of Zaire. But in recent weeks the delight has been tempered by a sense of trepidation. As Zairians contemplate the possibility of getting rid of one despot, they shudder at the prospect of replacing him with another. "If Kabila were in power," muses one surgeon in Kinshasa, "we would have to make him understand that we do not want to live under dictatorship. I have suffered so much. I cannot live like that again...
...charge that women have different skills that are not rewarded on the test, Penn said: "Is the solution to drop geometry or to say, 'We need to encourage women to take geometry?' You don't burn down a house to get rid of rats...
...arguing that virginity is a more virtuous path than promiscuity. My more immediate aim is to rid us of the notion that virginity in males should be a source of embarrassment and shame. I ask that that the conception of virginity be reconsidered...
They built it--The New School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University, sometimes known as Baywatch U for its Malibu setting--and he will come. Not in August, as he promised, but as soon as independent counsel Kenneth Starr can get rid of the pesky job of investigating the President and First Lady...
...harsh and callous treatment of them by their management during labor talks, can in some sense create even more trouble. "We are owners, and we have serious clout," says Captain Kevin Dohm, a 737 pilot from Chicago. "If need be, we will force the issue and start getting rid of management." That would include Gerald Greenwald, the man the union picked to run the company...