We have very few places where civil discourse can occur without it degenerating into name calling.

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The hope is that this will prevent crucial light-sensing "cones" inside the retina from degenerating.

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This has caused a drumbeat of complaints that San Francisco is degenerating into a theme park.

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Currently, the most accepted theory regarding the cause of post-polio syndrome rests on the idea of degenerating nerve cells.

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Bottom line, I suspect that many women could use a class that teaches them the skills to prevent normal encounters from degenerating into confrontations.

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Germany continued with austerity policies for a year after it came off Gold and did not recover in time to stop its politics degenerating into street fighting and fascism.

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When it appears that the rubbish we bury is not degenerating speedily, we can seed them with suitable bacteria and speed up its breaking down into smaller and lighter components.

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But it should be design to cap the liability, not simply shift the health care expenditure (per GDP) to private insurers, and let them (and me, in some not to distance future) make realistic choice of how to deal with their naturally degenerating bodies.

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