Word: ridding
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...protecting Israel had been a key goal of the Administration's policies, it is hard to see how they have helped make the Jewish State better off today. Having gotten rid of Arafat, they have instead to face Hamas. And continuous rocket attacks from Gaza have highlighted the limits of what Israel can achieve through its plans to unilaterally redraw its borders. The confrontation in Lebanon over the summer and the messy engagement in Gaza also highlight the limits on the deterrent capacity of Israel's military advantages. Spreading instability in the region is not in Israel's long-term...
...shared. This year, Stanislav Dmitrievsky was prosecuted and saw his human-rights group, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, closed down after its newsletter reprinted speeches by Chechen separatist leaders. Amnesty International contends that shuttering the society "appears to be the latest move in a carefully calculated strategy to get rid of an organization that has been outspoken on behalf of victims of human-rights violations in Chechnya." Dmitrievsky himself says that Russia is veering away from democracy and back toward authoritarianism. "It's obvious after the Politkovskaya murder that no one is immune. We're all walking under a falling...
...Chavez certainly has reason to be suspicious of the opposition. His opponents first tried undemocratic means to get rid him - through a coup and strikes - before failing to oust him democratically in a recall referendum in 2004. Chavez's opponents further dug themselves into a hole when they boycotted parliamentary elections last year, leaving the legislature completely controlled by Chavez allies. And though the opposition-backed private media has cooled down since the days of the coup, its reporting is often heavily slanted against Chavez...
...feel better. Sometimes, however, he just goes too far. On “Compton,” which has a funky vibe courtesy of will.i.am, he raps, “Look at all the hate I see, I’m sick / You can’t get rid of me, I’m HIV.” It’s difficult to understand why he would say something like that when his rap icon, Eazy-E from N.W.A., whose likeness The Game had tattooed on his right forearm, died from complications from AIDS...
...does Yale still endure after three centuries of attempts to rid humanity of this pestilence? The answer is undoubtedly linked to the fact that the primary “Yale colony” continues to spawn in New Haven. Every year many bright young adults who could better their life situation end up spiraling down into the gutters of society. Why does this tragedy occur? Perhaps some believe that since their parents and their parents’ parents suffered from Yale, they can’t hope to break the cycle. Some are probably scared that if they don?...