Word: rids
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...student could be checked by seeing how many problems he had to answer in order to get each one correct twice. In college a talented student in language coming in on his own time could presumably come in often early in the term, work quickly, and thereby get rid of his requirement...
...itinerant olive-picker, chicken thief, and loud-mouthed braggart who was first a Fascist, later a Communist. Always roaring at his wife and children, he once made them dig a long family grave in the backyard so that "it will be ready when I want to get rid...
...share, it shot to 70¼. Then, for the next three weeks, it sank steadily to a low of 59½. Thus many traders found themselves continually selling Ford at a loss. As Ford hit the big board last week, many over-the-counter houses were glad to be rid...
...diesel locomotives in service. It is the world's largest overall producer of diesel engines; G.M.'s Frigidaire is the biggest maker of refrigerators. Last week the Justice Department said that it was mulling over the filing of an antitrust suit to force G.M. to get rid of its bus-building division, which has increased its share of the market from 28% to nearly 80% since 1946, while six of eight major competitors left the field. Trustbuster Barnes has hinted that General Motors Acceptance Corp., the world's biggest auto financing organization, had better be turned loose...
...analytical method is valuable in making us aware of the meanings concealed by our stock reactions, Muir said. It was especially valuable in getting rid of superfluous romantic notions earlier in the century, he said...