Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will presume to oppose the unequivocal sentiment of the business men of the country by giving the service over once more to the spoils system ousting those officials who by long and careful training posses the expert qualifications necessary to fulfil the difficult requirements of the work, and thus destroy the permanency of the career...
...Walling then spoke of the Socialists position towards society. It is the aim of Socialism to abolish class rule to destroy 'hierarchical government, and to establish a condition where there are no superimposed classes. The means of accomplishing this are partly political and partly financial; political, through strikes...
...decide to go somewhere across the grass where they had not intended. Other students know all these things, however, and like to conceal it. So these students see how near they can come to the paths without stepping on them. They soon become very proficient in avoiding them and destroy the grass rapidly. They remind us of the elm tree beetles that have destroyed the Yard elms, only the beetles don't know any better. The University has trouble enough with these ignorant pests without having to waste time and money to repair the damage done by the knowing...
When Mr. Sanger blew off "Steam," the result was a creditable poem in Kiplingian vein. One or two infelicities of phrase fail to destroy our pleasure in verse where sense and music are happily combined. And we can overlook the exigencies of internal rime...
...discovers that to defeat him is futile--he will merely be superseded by someone else. She must destroy the ignorance that makes the electorate demand graft and willing to pay high...