Word: ridded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Eritreans want to be free of Ethiopians. Kashmiris want to be rid of Indians. Even in boring, comfortable old Canada, Quebec is poised to walk. Of course, the problem is most acute in the Soviet Union, where first the Baltics, then Russia, then the Ukraine and a host of other republics have been voting themselves one version or another of independence. Even Uzbekistan -- Uzbekistan! -- demands its freedom...
...Trinidad and Tobago population of 1.3 million, espoused a potent mixture of religious fundamentalism and left-wing politics. The self-styled "Imam" traveled to Libya and was a vocal supporter of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, but the main interest of his armed band of militants, he said, was to rid Trinidad of drugs, corruption and poverty. He lived with most of his 300 adherents on a commune on the edge of Port-of-Spain, where he commandeered government land to build a mosque, schools and shops. In recent weeks he was said to have become increasingly upset at official attempts...
...cohabitated not well at all with the youngwomen prime minister of a party vehemently opposedto Zia ul-Haq," Galbraith said. "He and the armytook advantage of the current crisis to get rid...
...vacation, but for the 90 black youngsters enrolled in Love of Learning, a three-year-old minority-enrichment program at North Carolina's Davidson College, schoolwork is hot stuff. "They get motivated when they come here," says English teacher Regina Brandon. "This is an opportunity for them to get rid of some of the stumbling blocks that hold them back...
...northern Californian town in the coffin of its first victim. The belligerant arachnid then mates with a harmless domestic spider, creating a deadly army of offspring which quickly goes about killing members of the unsuspecting populace. The remainder of the film concerns itself with the town's efforts to rid itself of the newly acquired menace...