Word: ridded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rid of the disposable hypodermic? If the doctor just drops it into a trash can, his nurses or the cleaning staff might snag themselves on the needle and perhaps get an infection. Or the trash cans could be rifled,and the discarded needles supplied to dope addicts. Despite the precautions now taken in hospitals and most doctors' offices, the needles that wind up in the hands of junkies constitute a serious problem...
...Destroyer. All the manufacturers of hypodermics have tried to supply their customers with easy ways of getting rid of the needles. One of the simplest: "Destructip," a 10? device for bending and breaking needles offered by Becton, Dickinson & Co. for individual users such as diabetics. For hospitals and doctors' offices, some manufacturers build a tip destroyer into the wall of the carton. Once the needle has been used, the nurse or technician inserts it in a metal slot in the side of the carton and bends it to break off the point...
...they get them from, or whether some get off free-as long as they get enough men. They do not fear that the supply will dry up. Indeed, one of the biggest problems the Army faces is devising institutionalized means to climinate men. They create artificial categories to get rid of the overflow. On the other hand, those who man the draft boards wince at the thought that some will escape their arbitrary tentacles. Immediately, reports flowed from state and local selective service that all would be drafted to meet the quotas. These dictates quickly quieted those who thought they...
Meanwhile the Cambodian government yesterday launched a campaign to rid the country of its more than 500,000 Vietnamese citizens. A flotilla of 140 ships was dispatched from South Viet Nam to begin picking up the refugees at Phnom Penh...
...reforming the system of military justice. Pointing out that changing the way the army handles its own discipline would require a revolution in its structure and mentality, Sherill suggests the obvious solutions. Move important cases into the civilian courts. Tighten up the Uniform Code of Military Justice to get rid of the vague language that sanctions arbitrary sallies against the constitutional rights of servicemen-sections like Article 134 which prohibits "all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces." Sherill is also well aware that with the House and Senate Armed Services Committees in tight control...