Gerhard Schrder rode to office promising to increase jobs, not destroy them.

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They'll put people off from investing here and help to destroy jobs not create them.

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Signatories will have to destroy these weapons, not store or sell them.

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Its Australian founder, Nick Tolley, met Hitcham and other campaigners in December in an attempt to convince them he is not out to destroy their town.

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Most investors are not aware of how many corporate managers destroy shareholder value because accounting rules allow them to erase their mistakes from financial statements.

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