Word: ridding
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What would the great men of old Communist China think of the ones leading today's quasi-capitalist boom? "If Mao were alive, he'd get rid of them all," the Dalai Lama said to a gathering of his followers today. The line got a big laugh and signaled a more forceful tone in the Tibetan spiritual leader's approach to China...
...Lastly, the government could make some regulatory changes and hope for the best. First of all, get rid of mark-to-market accounting. Some observers say it doesn't make sense for loans that are performing, and the banks have no intention of selling anyway...
...Citi has already asked the government to restrict short-selling (where investors borrow stock in hopes that the price will fall) in its shares. Executives hope that getting rid of the people rooting for the firm's demise could relieve some pressure on the company's shares. What's more, to close their positions, short sellers would have to buy the shares they borrowed...
...face of globalization, the strong tie between form and social function that Hoy experienced while in Kenya may prove instrumental in the struggle to preserve this art. “When certain vessels are critical to a religious or social structure, then they are much more difficult to get rid of,” Blier said...
...legal parlance, revolves around a phone conversation Cuban had in 2004 with Mamma.com's then CEO after the executive e-mailed Cuban to call as soon as possible. When Cuban did, he found out about the company's pending financing deal that would dilute existing shareholders. He promptly got rid of his shares before the information was made public...