Word: ridding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Bush's reaction to the CIA's prewar briefing on Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction is instructive. According to Woodward, the President isn't impressed with the evidence--but this doesn't seem to cause him a moment of doubt about his mission to rid the world of Dr. Evil. No, he's concerned about the looming sales job. "Nice try," he tells John McLaughlin, the deputy CIA director. "I don't think this is quite--it's not something that Joe Public would understand or would gain a lot of confidence from...
...Broken Hill City Gallery will be opening expansive new premises to celebrate its centenary in October this year?an event that will further mark the town's arrival on the Asia-Pacific art map. "It'll be controversial," laughs Helmsley, "but it's time to get rid of the Old Guard." And time to check that hard hat at the door...
...Bush's reaction to the CIA's prewar briefing on Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction is instructive. According to Woodward, the President isn't impressed with the evidence-but this doesn't seem to cause him a moment of doubt about his mission to rid the world of Dr. Evil. No, he's concerned about the looming sales job. "Nice try," he tells John McLaughlin, the deputy CIA director. "I don't think this is quite-it's not something that Joe Public would understand or would gain a lot of confidence from...
...Broken Hill City Gallery will be opening expansive new premises to celebrate its centenary in October this year - an event that will further mark the town's arrival on the Asia-Pacific art map. "It'll be controversial," laughs Helmsley, "but it's time to get rid of the old guard." And time to check that hard hat at the door...
...good company. It’s oh-so-comfortable to belong to a group of people who share your opinions, even if that group is abstract and statistical—numbers on a page. If we really wanted to think for ourselves, we’d demand to be rid of the oppression of the “general public” and its confounded opinions...