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Word: wipe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...served, albeit unwillingly, as a safety valve for Mexico's employment problem. The country has one of the Western Hemisphere's higher birth rates. Even taking oil wealth into account, the expected population growth (from 68 million today to an estimated 132 million by the year 2000) threatens to wipe out rapid increases in the gross national product ($92 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's Macho Mood | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...Tennessee River. Because the creature was found only in these waters, it was entitled to protection under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. But it also provided legal leverage for environmentalists who saw the dam as a pork barrel that would deluge 16,000 acres of fertile farm land and wipe out Indian historical sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Tellico Triumph | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...defend themselves. Second, if the Israelis threaten us, we will wipe them out within two days. I can assure you our plans are made for this eventuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHITE HOUSE YEARS: PART 2 THE AGONY OF VIETNAM | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...added, "Our goal is to completely wipe out imports of foreign oil to Canada...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Canada Will Stop Flow of Oil to U.S., Alberta's Premier Predicts at B-School | 10/5/1979 | See Source »

...will wipe them out! The nation voted for the Islamic republic and everyone should obey. If you do not obey, you will be annihilated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Forced March Backward | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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