Word: ridding
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...facing a liquidity problem, a solvency problem and a macroeconomic problem. We are in the first phase of a downward spiral. It is, of course, part of the inevitable process of adjustment: returning housing prices to equilibrium levels and getting rid of the excessive leverage (debt) that had kept our phantom economy going...
...Lance (Clark Duke), who looks like a paisley-clad Clay Aiken, is an implausible Don Juan figure. In a world where everyone is getting action except Ian—from his 14-year-old younger brother to his dad—Ian feels pressure to lose his virginity and rid himself of the perceived stigma. With Lance egging him on, Ian decides to drive from Chicago to Knoxville in a desperate attempt meet up with an internet acquaintance named “Miss Tasty.” Of course, almost any reason for a carpool of characters to drive spontaneously...
...beauty of this is that if you want to use the cells therapeutically—if you want to put them in somebody—it basically gets rid of the dangerous transcription factors that were used in the initial integration,” said Gordon C. Weir, a Medical School professor who heads the diabetes program at HSCI. “The last thing you want is to transplant a potentially malignant cell into a patient...
...Angeles mayoral election: "A progressive 'Good Government' coalition - popularly, and a bit derisively, known as the Goo Goos - had nominated George Alexander, a former city supervisor. "Honest Uncle George" campaigned dressed up as Uncle Sam on a moralistic reform platform that promised to rid the freewheeling city of gamblers, prostitutes, and even the bewilderingly popular blind pig races...
...Zardari has that mission at all. But no, the Pakistani people also, they want freedom. They want democratic values to be allowed in their country, also. They understand the dangers of terrorists having a stronghold in regions of their country, also. And I believe that they, too, want to rid not only their country, but the world, of violent Islamic terrorists...