Word: ridding
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...ideal system,” says McCambridge, “you would have an office of student activities. If you submit a plan, it goes to that office, everything gets done and you get word back.” Though centralization might be the most effective way of getting rid of the bureaucratic morass, it may also be the least feasible precisely because it removes control from certain areas of the administration eager to maintain their oversight...
...Harvard’s way, and Harvard is in Cambridge’s way, and Harvard has 52 acres in Allston, why not “river” Cambridge? Harvard could sell its holdings in Allston at a steal to Cantabrigians who want to be bloody-well rid of the Big H, and proceed to buy the space Cantabrigians vacate and build one centralized campus. When you think about it, everyone would win. Just move Cambridge to Allston, then hit the line for Harvard, for Harvard wins today...
Saddam Hussein presented a threat to the stability of the Middle East. The West needs oil to function. Wasn't it better to invade while we could outgun the Iraqis than to wait and suffer more casualties later on? At least the world is rid of a despot. And who knows how many innocent Iraqi lives have been saved? I hold no brief for Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, but I support them in this. The daily death toll of allied troops is heartbreaking, but it will be worth it in the end. Mick Timson Caistor, England...
...somehow, Dartboard doubts that’s going to fly. Instead, the University library system should just get rid of the whole useless process. Keep the guards to check IDs and search the occasional student who sets off the CVS-style anti-shoplifting buzzers. And we should stop there. No more useless bag checks, no more wasted time. Just keep those CVS buzzers up and running to catch the occasional over-avid bookworm. After all, if they’re good enough to stop shoplifters, they’re good enough to keep the best and the brightest from pilfering...
...medic in the eastern front…where he perished. That was the whole idea of sending him there, I imagine.” The letter from Grabau also claims that Sannwald may have been an objector and that drafting him was a convenient way of getting rid...