Word: wipe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wasn't. The drive into Fast Bengal had been calculated with excruciating directness to erect a new social order there, a political unit that would continue the support of West Pakistan's dominance over the economic and political life of the nation. With the March pogrom designed to wipe out an of rusive Hindu minority and seed a loyal Moslem middle class, the military leaders hoped they could create a province loyal to be whims of the western, almost entirely Moslem, portion of the nation. In democratic elections held the previous December the people of East Pakistan had cast ballots...
...team, left the building to sit in the cold outside the door and talk of anything but squash with a non-squash friend. On the top echelon of Hemenway's ziggurst grandstands Jim Lubowitz simply sat, head bowed to the floor, hands on his face trying to wipe out the match's final result...
Copying an unprotected computer program is only slightly more difficult than making a tape recording. Instruction books for personal computers always give instructions on how to make a duplicate of an important program. This is essential because an accident like spilling coffee on a disk can wipe out all the information...
...wealthy. Samples: a near elimination of estate and gift taxes; so-called All Savers Certificates paying tax-free interest; special write-offs for oil drillers, truckers, and developers who rehabilitate old buildings; so liberal a rewriting of the depreciation rules that many economists think it really will wipe out the tax liabilities of many or even most U.S. corporations over the next few years. One depreciation rule on telecommunications equipment could be worth an estimated $14 billion to A T & T alone...
...just plain curious will crowd into the Music Hall to watch this world-class shaman pull a rabbit-or a dog-out of his hat. "It's a brilliant move," marvels Writer-Director Paul Schrader (American Gigolo). "If it's a hit he can wipe out a year of bad publicity...