Word: destroy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...animals and close the gardens. . . . You should clearly understand that the closing of the gardens cannot be easily accomplished. On account of the depression in the animal market it now appears to be impossible to dispose of the animals . . . therefore we will be faced with the only alternative ... to destroy them...
...unthinkable that the Government should resort to the printing press and the issuance of fiat currency. Such an act of moral bankruptcy would depreciate and might ultimately destroy the value of every dollar in the United States. It would cause the collapse of all confidence and bring widespread ruin. Daniel Webster, 100 years ago, stated...
...colleagues fought longest and hardest. Russia is a good customer of Britain for manufactured goods. She must sell Britain something to have money to buy those goods. Finally Mr. Baldwin promised that Britain would prohibit the entry of any state-controlled commodity sold so cheaply as to destroy Dominion preference (i. e. at less than world prices). Mr. Bennett wanted the word shall used in the pledge. The British stubbornly held out for will. Cried British Delegate Lord Hailsham: "What do you think we are? Thugs whose word cannot be taken...
...Should the Allied Nations repudiate their debts or the U. S. cancel, they (A.N.) would lose their prestige and rating as powers, also destroy their credit rating which is so vital to the well-being of any nation...
...specialists. One theory presumes that proteins in pollens, foods, etc. get into the blood and reach the body cells. When the cells first encounter the strange protein, they manufacture an enzyme to digest the stranger. Next time the protein appears the wary cells have an oversupply of enzymes and destroy too many protein molecules at once. The blood cannot carry off the waste products fast enough. Consequently some part suffers-nose, eyes, skin. The other theory presumes that the sufferer has an unidentified organ in his body which manufactures substances called reagins. Those reagins appear in the blood. Whenever...