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Word: ridding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Diet is going to become a lot less of an issue now they've got rid of the average weight of 125," says Lisa Zuckerman '87, a two year varsity veteran. "If the boat was over average, everyone would need to lose a pound. I remember a lot of people sucking down and getting really skinny...

Author: By Emily J.M. Knowlton, | Title: Women's Teams Combat 'Less is More' Attitudes | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

...elephantiasis, the size of Golub's figures seems justified and necessary. Only by monumentalizing their documentary content could he give it the kind of fixity and silence it needed, and only that way could he achieve his peculiar balance between the sacrificial and the banal and so get rid of the sour whiff of pornography that attends images of extreme violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Human Clay in Extremis | 12/31/1984 | See Source »

...interview published in Human Events, a conservative weekly: "I'm considering whether or not I even want to fill [the chairmanship]." From a public relations standpoint, while abolishing the CEA would make economic decisions appear smoother, it might create the impression that the Administration is trying to get rid of anyone who does not agree with it. Particularly if the economy runs into trouble in the next four years, the President will need plenty of help to share the work, and perhaps the blame. -By Stephen Koepp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs' em? | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...your attention we beg, Don't let Beckett prevent you from breaking a leg. For Ozment who o'ersees the vaunted CUE guide. Don't cower--go on, be subjective, be snide. If professors don't like what you say of their course. One look at their students will rid their course. One look at their students will rid their remorse. For Sociology youngsters Skocpol and Starr. Tenure--so close and yet ever so far. And to Carlo Rubbia we must give our praise. For chasing those atoms for days and for days. Now Georgi, Glashow and many another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Holiday Ode | 12/18/1984 | See Source »

Simons: No, absolutely not I like the system we have now and wish we could improve it. One way would be to get rid of law professors (laughter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Amendment Under Fire | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

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