Word: ridding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Foreign Relations Committee, and his skills in balancing American interests with diplomacy are vital for our future. John Kerry will be able to build the alliances that George Bush could not because he is in tune with the nuances of international relations. John Kerry has a solid plan to rid us of dependence on Middle Eastern oil, so that we can begin to make real changes to our policy in that region. John Kerry, when elected, will update our foreign policy—bring it in tune with the realities of our world, not the fantasies of Bush?...
...trying to get rid of the ball, to throw it away,” Fitzpatrick said of the sack, “and again that’s just a credit to their defense. They were very tough, and they played us tough all day. We knew coming into the game that we couldn’t turn the ball over. That was a big swing, and luckily our defense stepped...
...house? My wife and I have owned seven houses in five states since the mid-1950s, and we bought our present one six years ago. I have a drawerful of real estate papers as well as five years' worth of checks and statements, and I'd like to get rid of useless paper. --Don Stricker, Kansas City...
...Movement is not all there is. I still believe people my age should be involved in politics. I plan to spend my fall working to get rid of George W. Bush. But I have two and a half more years at this place, and I want to enjoy them. I want to experience college life in all its beer-stained, sleep-deprived, grease-soaked glory. I want to look at my friends as friends, not potential allies. I want to go to parties to dance and drink (coffee, of course) and meet people, not to find future comrades or plot...
...talks about Iran's eventually evolving into a democracy, pushing out the ruling mullahs. "I believe Iran is the world's most influential Islamic country," Kadivar says. "We are the model other Muslims look at." The democracy movement in Iran, he says, is not about throwing off or getting rid of Islam. Reformers like Kadivar want to restore Islam to its rightful place, "to give meaning to life [but] not use it as an instrument of power...