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Word: ruining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...just trying to give them the perfect ending to a perfect season, he says sincerely. The chance to be one of the best Harvard teams in history is just incredible. At the same time, Morris isnt all saccharine sentiment. If we lose on Saturday, he admits, it will ruin the season. Our goal is to be undefeated. I think anything less than that will be unacceptable...

Author: By Melissa R. Brewster and Elizabeth F. Maher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Warm Reception | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

...plants. Irradiating all that mail--which is what the Postmaster General says he eventually wants to do--would be a logistical nightmare and would surely cost many times the $200 million that has been allocated so far. Also, the ionizing effects that kill the spores can destroy computer disks, ruin credit cards, film and medical samples, and change the taste of some foods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handle With Care | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...father last year in the A.R.T.’s world premiere of Adam Rapp’s Nocturne, lent his rich voice to a blunt delivery that gave the comic and dramatic moments of the story equal power. The story is too short and well crafted to ruin with synopsis, but it reveals the humanity of the sort of rambunctious young men who seemed so callous in “Think of England.” “Boys” provided a bittersweet ending to the evening, bringing the other stories into focus with a tragic ending...

Author: By Benjamin D. Margo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pidgeon visits A.R.T. | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...suffered in the downturn. They profess a new determination to see that everyone gets along fine. And with a new national President in Megawati Sukarnoputri, hopes of Lombok's resurgence are high. "With Mega, tourists will come," says Roy. While he is sorry for the refugees, their cooking fires ruin his rooms, he says. "Mega cries for her people. Lombok will get better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swap Bali's Bustle For the (Promised) Peace of Lombok | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...left of Afghanistan. The country fell into bloody, lawless chaos - political leaders formed fighting brigades; warlords bit off fiefdoms; and rivals shelled one another's villages, routinely robbing and killing civilians. Smuggling and drug trafficking were the only sources of revenue as farmlands turned to dust, cities crumbled into ruin and an estimated 5 million citizens fled the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taliban Troubles | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

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