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...apart: they have lost jobs, perhaps, or were embarrassments to their families. They are uneasy, but not really frightened, and certainly not indignant. No one, including the leader Balaban, thinks of protesting against abuse and prejudice. Other groups have defects too, admits one guest who is stalwartly trying to rid himself of tainted habits by the prescribed self-help routines. "But their defects are healthy. People say that the Austrians are heavy drinkers. Of course they are, but that, if it can be called a defect at all, is a healthy defect ... If only the Jews knew how to drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Magic Mountain | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

What the Soviets really want is to get rid of Ronald Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Behind the Bear's Angry Growl | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...front runner exploded, "This is getting to be a pain in the butt. The press isn't going to let go of it." After a flurry of calls to his Washington headquarters, Mondale ordered that the delegate committees be disbanded Immediately. Said he: "I just want to get rid of them, period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of PACs and Campaign Pledges | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

Johnson added that some Harvard police do harbor ingrained racist attitudes, bet said he was working to "get rid of the bad apples." He added, "Direction must be taken from the top. If the boss won't tolerate such behavior, the officers...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Police Chief 'Reaches Out' To Refute Racism Charge | 5/1/1984 | See Source »

...writes: "People who hope to push the fight against nuclear weapons to a successful conclusion must bring to their task the same qualities which won the fight against slavery, moral conviction, patience, objectivity, and willingness to compromise." We must become determined, he believes, to rid the world of unclear weapons eventually it will probably not happen in our lifetime, but we must maintain belief that at is possible and worth the battle. Hope must be our foremost tool...

Author: By Simon J. Frankel, | Title: Stepping Back From the Brink | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

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