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Libyan Wealth. The Israelis make no secret of their desire to get rid of Nasser. As long as he is President of Egypt, Israel's Premier Golda Meir said in Jerusalem, "I cannot say when there will be peace." A high-ranking Cabinet minister added: "Nasser has imprisoned himself in a position where he cannot make peace and he cannot make war. He can only maintain the status quo, and the status quo will only lead eventually to war. He must be weakened, but it would be better if he went altogether...
...danger began when hordes of bustards collided with jets darting off the runway. In 1967, they caused a loss of $1,500,000 in damaged aircraft. The Air Force failed to get rid of the pests with rifle fire; harsher remedies (grenades, poison) were rejected because they might kill other wildlife...
Robert S. Parks, president of the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard Association, charged that vacant apartments were not being rented "to get us out of this neighborhood, to get rid of us, to tear down everything [Harvard has] get there, and do with it what [they] want...
...head tutor, though less arduous, would still be essential. A student could sign up for tutorial in any department, but naturally would not be required to do so. He, and the department, would also be spared the annoyance of filing concentrations and changes of same. The department could get rid of all those files it uses to keep track of students and the registrar could stop circulating reams of paper to tell them who is where and what his grades are. But I fail to see why the tutorial system should in any way suffer from the change...
...gonna get rid of this car." said the girl a fear miles later...