Word: wipe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...progress made in the decades to follow did not completely wipe out such differences between the genders. When the U.S. invades a tiny country, for instance, women are still more likely to dwell on the disparity in size. Men understand that, regardless of the size of the opponent, combat is combat: you detonate large bombs; you win medals; you could get killed. In that summer house, the men understood that regardless of the origin of the game, you still have to analyze the plays. You still have to keep statistics. You still have to play to win. You still have...
...process, and because the tactics are so new, no one knows for sure how effective they'll be. "We tend to look for magic bullets," says Grace. But controlling termites may require a combination of new techniques and old, including the traditional approach of applying powerful killers that can wipe out a building's worth of bugs at once...
...Congress to at least reduce the marriage penalty. The likely outcome will be a half step: a bigger standard deduction for married couples. That might eliminate the marriage penalty for couples earning less than $50,000--those most likely to let it keep them from the altar. But to wipe out the penalty for all requires a bigger change...
...duet that ensues between the cat and the cavalier is well beyond what I can describe without inciting unintentional giggles. Unfortunately, Currier has the same problem, though her deadpan close-ups and unrelieved seriousness work hard to wipe those smirks off our faces. In fairness, much of what happens in this central chapter of Passion in the Desert is tense and engaging, Augustin must fight the leopard for water, food and freedom to move, all of which the leopard jealously guards, though it otherwise remains far more docile and generous than Augustin has any reason to expect. When the soldier...
...Viagra," he says, "is a quality-of-life issue, just the way improving Central Park is a quality-of-life issue. 'Why not give to something more worthy like AIDS or cancer?' I was asked," he says. "This doesn't wipe out our other giving, which we continue to take seriously. It's just as worthy and might be overlooked...