Word: ruining
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...when Harvard Pilgrim Health Care was threatened with financial ruin, Grogan offered the state attorney general a plan to keep the troubled HMO--and Harvard namesake--afloat...
Such quarrels can be extremely petty, as exemplified by the conduct of one council member who managed to destroy a discussion on council bylaws by stubbornly sticking to a "point of personal privilege" as members filed out of the room. Or it can ruin an already ill-fated project, like the council's "Spirit Week," designed to increase Harvard pride among the student body. Although it is hard to imagine any way the event could have been successful--it's hard to see what "Pajama Day" has to do with anything--the grumbling and complaining by council members left...
Increasingly, though, we go to Jackie Chan movies not for the star's good moves but for his good nature. He's the kind of guy you could ruin with slickness and overmounting, the sort of performer who flourishes in the hip-casual context that screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have provided him here. Everyone's having a good time, but they're not winking at us either--making us parties to their in-jokes. As a result, we have a swell time...
...boat. As rates go up, the investment or enjoyment return on whatever you purchased must go up commensurately for the arrangement to make sense. Dump as much debt as you can. If the economy tanks and your income goes down, high-rate credit-card debt, especially, can ruin you. Pay off high-rate non-tax-deductible debts first. If possible, consolidate your nondeductible debts--including auto loans--into a deductible home-equity loan. Target variable-rate loans first...
...ruin a perfectly good relationship with your parents? Ask them about, ahem, the will. It's a real conversation stopper...