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...handguns rather than rifles for hunting or for sporting purposes is limited, however, forcing gun lovers to resort to "give them an inch and they'll take a mile" arguments. Cassidy says pressure for handgun controls is a "charade" and the "people who want to get rid of guns entirely are just starting on handguns. After that they'll go much further...
...debate goes on, other gun control advocates like Wohlberg and Litsas continue working to get rid of what they say is the most immediate cause of the problem--the handgun that is so readily available and easy to use, but which so often inflicts terrible and irreversible damage...
Even New Orleans is infested. An eleven-man team of experts recently spent a month trying to rid the City Park's lagoons of gators that had already eaten all the park's ducks and were working their way through its fish and turtles. Panicked phone callers-as many as seven a week-report alligators in residential districts, even in the affluent sections bordering Bayou...
...rid of truly objectionable language in the affirmative action rules and got the sentences we wanted in the party charter," said Hatcher in an interview on the convention floor. "Black people can live with this; they can progress with this...
...appeared in the square, wearing a bright red shirt, the crowd of 150,000 greeted him with a thunderous explosion of cheers and firecrackers. "Our country should be reconstructed so that it may belong to all Greeks," Papandreou began. He went on to promise that if elected, he would rid Greece of all American bases, pull Athens out of NATO's political councils, provide free medical care for all, ensure equal rights for women and bring about a measure of economic socialism. The crowd marched out chanting, "Tonight the right is dying." Watching the huge rally on TV, many...