Word: ridding
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...which a couple of weeks ago stuck its nose into a three-way pharmaceutical fray involving Pfizer, Warner Lambert and American Home Products--hoping to come away with Warner Lambert and its cholesterol-reducing wonder drug Lipitor. P&G, maker of Cascade and Crest, knows about cleaning. But getting rid of plaque on your teeth and doing the same for your arteries are two very different businesses. Maybe that's why the P&G gambit fell apart last week. Still, this isn't the first time P&G has tried to branch out, an effort that's emblematic of companies...
...surface, the psychology of anorexia is tantalizingly simple: The disease convinces its victims they are fat, and sufferers slowly give in to the idea that nothing could ever be quite so important as getting rid of that "fat." Beneath their single-minded dedication to starvation techniques and their denial, however, anorexics are generally dealing with an array of psychological, social and physical conflicts. Tuesday, a group of British psychiatrists added another page to the reams of possible causes of the disorder, which affects more than 1 in 250 girls and young women in the U.S. alone. The doctors' study, which...
...black votes these days! What's the point of keeping it up there? It's costing South Carolina big bucks because civil rights groups have organized a boycott of the state until the flag comes down. According to polls, 60% of South Carolinians, black and white, want to get rid of it. Even Governor Jim Hodges said last week he wants to move it from the statehouse to a nearby Confederate memorial. Continuing to fly it is STUPID...
...ridiculous to think that by rearranging you are going to get rid of stereotypes. By the end of first period there will be stereotypes already," says Judith Greifinger-Clausner, a first-year in Pilot...
...theory. "I think he envisions himself the new leader of the conservative movement rather than the next President. I think his mind-set is 'What's going to be my legacy?' He's more interested in affecting public policy than in holding office. And if he can get rid of the IRS and this oppressive tax system, that'll be enough, and he'll have his reward in heaven...