Word: wiping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world's six other major industrial nations, he brought along a hatful of news items about a quickening U.S. economic upswing that must have been both the hope and the envy of his fellow heads of government. The hope because a strong U.S. recovery can do much to wipe out the last vestiges of the 1974-75 world recession by providing a growing market for other countries' exports. The envy because the world economy sorely needs such help; outside the U.S., most industrial countries have managed only an uneven, even perilously shaky recovery...
...there, we're going to wipe it out," Vellucci said of the alleged criminal activities. "We're talking about Combat Zone activities in Central Square," he added...
...disagree with a theory, say so. Learn about it so you can fight it better. (Any Nat Sci 4 student could tell you that there is a required article this semester which denies any significant genetic differences between races.) But don't slander it, distort it, and try to wipe it from the face of the earth...
...enough for the brain. It is estimated that there are now nearly 2 billion people in the world who are alive but who are permanently braindamaged by undernutrition, and the number is growing year by year. It has already occurred to some that it would be "realistic" to wipe them out quietly and rid the earth of an encumbering menace. The American newspapers of 1997 do not report that this is actually being done anywhere, but some travelers bring back horror tales...
...people aware that something bad is supposed to happen but not sure what form it will take. In the sky there is nutsy Bruce Dern at the controls of the blimp. He has rigged it with 100,000 steel darts, which, if detonated at just the right moment, can wipe out everybody in the stadium, down to the last pompon girl. With him is Marthe Keller, his mistress and representative of Black September, the Arab terrorist organization that is financing his attempt to turn homicidal fantasy into reality. Coming on fast is Robert Shaw, Israeli counterterrorist, who must shinny down...