Word: ridding
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Distorted Reflection Beppe Severgnini is right that in order to get rid of Berlusconi, the media-mogul Prime Minister, Italians must first learn to shed the Berlusconi inside them [An Italian Mirror, May 11]. So, what are we waiting for? Marco Guizzardi, BOLOGNA, ITALY...
...editor at Flight International Magazine in London, agrees but says that in rare instances lightning can have serious consequences. "The primary effects of a lightning strike would not bring an airplane down - the airplane is designed to be able to absorb it and then to be able to get rid of the static electricity," he says. A lightning strike actually hitting an electrical circuit and causing a short circuit is "terribly rare," he says. "But the [term] short circuit was used. Short circuit equals sparks. Spark equals fire. We're speculating, but an airplane has gone missing." It's believed...
...What's not so clear is whether repaying TARP will turn out to be beneficial for investors. Analysts say getting out of TARP could be costly. Indeed, some worry that banks are putting their desire to rid themselves of government intervention ahead of their firms' bottom lines...
After shots were fired, Cosby left the building toward Dunster Street, while Copney left toward Lowell, where he met with an unidentified witness. It is at this time that he got rid of the gun. He then left the city for New York with the individuals who had come from New York with...
...this trend suggests a much different course of action than elimination of the program. HIV testing is one of the most effective ways of slowing the spread of the virus and signaling to individuals to get medical help. Since testing is not particularly costly or difficult, instead of getting rid of it, UHS should have attempted to increase the use of this testing in an attempt to actively improve the health of its student body. Anonymous testing was instituted in 1996 as a result of months of campaigning by campus AIDS activists. They did this because they knew what Rosenthal...