Word: ridding
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...variety of reasons." It would help matters if there was an effective opposition to enforce accountability. But in Rivers, Obasanjo's ruling People's Democratic Party fills every seat at both state and local level. Many frustrated citizens see next year's elections as a chance to get rid of the party. But the poll could prove bloody. Human-rights lawyer Nsirimovu says opposition groups have realized "that AK-47s are a necessary ingredient in elections in the Niger Delta," and will try to arm their own supporters in an attempt to counter ruling-party intimidation. "Then things will...
...else's educational experience. And they argue that their mandatory-leave policy can force emotionally distressed students to get the best possible help. Gary Pavela, a judicial-policy expert at the University of Maryland and author of a book on student suicide, says the approach is designed for "getting rid of troubled kids, getting them into the hands of others, as soon as possible...
...pasture in my hometown’s outskirts. The Molly mayhem subsided, but then there was the “problem badger” who took up residence in the lower South side, a saga which produced such headlines as “Woman Can’t Get Rid of Burrowing Beast...
JIMMY KIMMEL "A Senate panel has recommended getting rid of FEMA. Boy, when FEMA gets wind of this in six weeks or so, they're really going to be upset." JAY LENO...
...tenure is a big commitment,” says Kuhn, who estimates that each tenure appointment costs $4 million, taking into account a tenured professor’s salary, benefits, and research expenses. “Once a person has tenure, you can’t get rid of it.”—Nicholas M. Ciarelli, Javier C. Hernandez, and Evan H. Jacobs contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Lulu Zhou can be reached at luluzhou@fas.harvard.edu...