Word: ridding
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...students, and other universities should follow suit. That being said, Harvard’s ultimate goal should be to eliminate student loans altogether, as Princeton has. Nevertheless, Tufts’ program is a step in the right direction, especially for universities that may not be able to afford getting rid of loans but which can afford to target those students who stand to benefit the most from loan repayment...
That mistrust provides fertile ground for the Kaczynski brothers' conspiracy-minded brand of politics. Founded in 2001, PIS promised to rid Poland of what it calls the uklad, a supposed cabal of former communist officials and businessmen who they claim have controlled the country since 1989. Radek Sikorski, a former PIS member and Defense Minister, says the Kaczynskis were elected in 2005 because "they reflected the public mood of disgust with the previous regime." They are clearly at pains to project a simple, clean-living image. Jaroslaw, the Prime Minister, lives with his mother and a cat and does...
...breaking overseas, as the British band called Radiohead offers an innovative solution to the musical conundrum: listeners can buy a digital copy of their newest album for whichever price they may choose. Not only will this aid in pricing the music market, but it might mean we can be rid of the tyrants at Columbia and Sony forever. Here’s to a music world without middlemen. Here’s to the pot of gold at the end of In Rainbows...
...best of a bad situation. "This man [Musharraf] is not going to let go." Says Barkat Jafri, a mobile phone vendor in Bhutto's hometown of Larkana. " If she can negotiate a transition to democracy it's a good thing. It may weaken him, and then we can get rid of him as well...
...doll on the Internet and suffers from a delusion that the doll is his real girlfriend. On the advice of a therapist (Patricia Clarkson), Lars' friends and family play along and treat Bianca like any other pretty new girl in town. To become Lars, "I had to get rid of all the posturing and ideas of what I think makes me cool or charming and turn up the more vulnerable parts of myself," Gosling says. In another actor's hands, a relationship with a silicone co-star might devolve into a farce or a gross-out comedy. But Gosling infuses...