Word: rids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chapter called "Off-Beat Essays" contains an appeal to Rice from Gregg Shapiro, who begins, "I'm glad you gave this opportunity to express a personal concern. Since I'm going off to college next year, my mom says that I've got to get rid of my pet elephant. She's tired of him tracking mud into the house, and he's getting too big for the bathtub. Also, now that he's been fired from the car wash, he's not bringing in any money. But Renaldo and I have become quite attached, so I was wondering...
Gorbachev said in a televised speech in Moscow that "to get rid of the nuclear threat is a realistic and possible" goal...
When they promise to "rid society of drugs," politicians are merely striking a pose as ardent defenders of some "American" value. But there are other values people depend on their government to defend and protect, and perhaps many Americans fear they would be trampled upon in the hysteria to cleanse this country of drugs. If they don't, they should...
...Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG), which collected many of the voters' signatures that got the question on the ballot, charges that the League has been influenced by the Dow Chemical Corporation's contributions toward its Household Hazardous Waste program, which helps individual citizens get rid of dangerous chemicals...
...nearly a year, Fiat Chairman Gianni Agnelli has been trying to rid Europe's largest private automaker of an unwanted partner: the government of Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi. In 1976 Libya purchased a 15% share of the then troubled company for $320 million and won two seats on Fiat's 15-member board. After Fiat executed a successful turnaround to become Europe's best- selling automaker, the Tripoli government refused to part with its shares. Last week Libya, presumably strapped for cash by low oil prices, handed over its shares for a handsome $3 billion. Two of the buyers, West...