Existing theory requires lepton number to be conserved (that is, neither created nor destroyed).

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The Iraqi army was dispersed but neither destroyed nor fully disarmed.

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No output has been lost, nor has purchasing power been destroyed.

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Nor does he overlook Soviet suffering at the hands of Hitler or the heroism of the soldiers who destroyed the Third Reich.

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