Word: ridding
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...analogy to Woodrow Wilson's determination to make the world safe for democracy, a crusade disavowed at home and mocked abroad and whose ending was the greatest charnel house the world has ever known? History tells us this at least: when nations take upon themselves a global responsibility to rid the world of a shameful practice, they had better prepare for the long haul. In the early 19th century, it took the British navy the better part of 50 years to close down the Atlantic slave trade. If Bush is serious, he has laid upon his successors a task hardly...
...TIME reporter who talked to Omar several months ago says he was pondering such dangers. "Did we invite him in?" said Omar of bin Laden. "He was already here. But we don't know how to get rid of him or where to send him." Now Omar's dilemma has reached cataclysmic proportions, and no one knows if he has any real-world grasp of the consequences...
...hope the Bush plan succeeds in capturing and putting on trial the terrorists. But we are naive to think we can rid ourselves of this form of evil till we confront the deeper realities that produce it. More military force, more spies, more repression of civil liberties at home--none of this can stop people willing to lose their lives to hurt us, and the sole reliance on power reinforces the tendency of many to resort to violence when they face problems that they experience as urgent and intractable...
...TIME reporter who talked to Omar several months ago says he was pondering such dangers. "Did we invite him in?" said Omar of bin Laden. "He was already here. But we don't know how to get rid of him or where to send him." Now Omar's dilemma has reached cataclysmic proportions, and no one knows if he has any real-world grasp of the consequences...
Each spring, she would consider getting rid of the tree as she braced herself for two weeks of watery eyes and constant sneezing—but her next-door-neighbor John C. Jenkins would implore her to keep the delicate, fragrant tree standing. It was simply too beautiful to knock down...