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Word: rids (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...follows "blah blah blah blah, blah, blah." But my eyes lit up when I came to the part that said "I heard you didn't massage enough people's buttocks to become president. Sounds like a shame. I have a great idea for staging a coup to get rid of Cohen, though. If you'd like to hear about it, give me a call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clip and Save: Excerpts From the Upcoming Lampoon-Chaparral Collaboration | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

...country has been taken over by Leninists who have shut down the opposition, destroyed a free press, repressed the church and run a secret police "advised" by Cubans and East Germans. As the President of Costa Rica put it, the "Nicaraguan people . . . have fought so hard to get rid of one tyrant, one dictator, and seven years later they have nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Should the U.S. Support the Contras? | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

murder to rid their offices of mice, but when they...

Author: By Shannon E. Liss, | Title: Rascal Rodents Run Rampant | 2/17/1987 | See Source »

...academics agree, though, that most companies have no choice but to shape up. Says General Electric Chairman John Welch: "The managers in the 1980s who hang onto losing business ventures for whatever reason won't be around in 1990." A less somber view is that the corporations that rid themselves of bureaucratic excess now stand to be among the healthiest entrants in the strenuous competition of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Corporate Restructuring: Rebuilding To Survive | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...just having problems finding a couple of cards that don't include the word 'love' in them," complains one male Quincy House junior. "I Just got rid of my Valentine. I'm sending her a dozen black roses," says a freshman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frustration, It's Making Me Wait | 2/13/1987 | See Source »

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