It was in fact an initiative by landlords who wanted to get rid of rent control.

ECONOMIST: Citizens are not as well-informed as they think

The ladybird has been introduced in Holland as a biological control to get rid of sap sucking pests like aphids.

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Facebook is also planning to get rid of a setting for users to control who can contact them on its email system.

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Quarantine rules will prevent still more alien species arriving, and park officials will step up efforts to control or get rid of those already installed.

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The culture of football worship has gotten so out of control that I think the only solution is to get rid of it entirely.

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And while reasonable people accept that there is likely no way to get rid of guns, is there not a way to control the volume of ammunition that is fed into the guns that can do so much damage?

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We can identify that source, eliminate it, get rid of it and then as a society we can actually control the actions of these individuals.

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One possibility: Kerkorian hopes to gain enough influence at Ford to eventually get rid of the Class B shares, which gives the Ford family 40% voting control despite owning just 4% of the company's stock.

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