Word: ridding
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...conference to pick 100 members of a temporary national assembly, which would give some public input to the governing of Iraq before a parliament can be elected next year. Abu Tbikh was determined to participate and make his voice heard. "We believed it would be the solution to getting rid of the U.S. puppet government," he said. But when his local caucus convened in Najaf to pick delegates for the Baghdad conference, Abu Tbikh encountered nothing but frustration. First he learned that the former Governing Council had reserved 20 seats for itself in the new assembly. Then he was told...
...like the Masai people of East Africa. The shoes have a curved sole that forces you to use muscles you probably didn't know you had. The uneven sole means you have to actively balance, which helps your posture and works your legs and abdominals. They might not get rid of your orange-peel skin, but they will tone your legs and backside...
...columnist Joe Klein argued that, Kerry's candidacy aside, the true challenge Bush faces in the coming election is the war in Iraq. Bush is well aware of it. In his stump speeches, he claims that we are better off without Saddam Hussein. But if we really wanted to rid the world of deadly villains, shouldn't we have concentrated on the perpetrators of genocide in the Sudan? Or on North Korea, which is working to develop nuclear weapons? Ed Steinhaus Westminster, California, U.S. Kudos to Klein for identifying the two opponents that Bush is facing in the campaign: John...
Davis said the problem was fixed later on Wednesday and that he believes the whole system has now been rid of any bugs. But he did mention that in some cases, information that was supposed to be on the SDU, such as an e-mail address, was accidentally eliminated for a limited amount of time...
...religious right have therefore achieved what they set out to achieve. They have used this issue to galvanize parts of the evangelical base, just as President Bush's political mastermind, Karl Rove, intended. They have identified Republican Senators who defied them and will do all they can to get rid of them in future primaries. And in states like Florida and South Dakota, they think they have a chance to use the issue to tilt a few Senate races this fall. They plan to introduce as many as a dozen state constitutional amendments in swing states around the country...