There is something fundamental about the Once-ler and the ruin caused by his blinkered endeavor, something beyond a mere parable of environmental degradation.
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Do we really want to ruin the countryside by building on green fields?
Those opposed to the proposals claim it will be a factory and ruin farmland enjoyed by thousands each year.
Spontaneity, now punishable by career ruin, has been abandoned.
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An Iranian embargo of its own oil exports would complete the ruin of Iran's domestic economy by depriving the country of hard currency.
Few institutions in Congo have escaped the country's steady slide into ruin, and the university, built by its Belgian founders to be central Africa's biggest and best, is no exception.
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But the scandals helped ruin Freed -- he was hurt by negative publicity -- while Clark divested himself of his music business interests and was praised as a hard-working young businessman, Covach says.
That could push down farmland values by half, a recipe for ruin for those who have borrowed against the value of their property.
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Nationalist politicians warier of cross-community amity warn that just a few violent incidents caused by the settling of old scores could ruin this budding Greek-Turkish friendship and close the border crossing points again.
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With Lebanon's economy poised precariously on the brink of ruin, Hizbullah may not wish to alienate its countrymen by risking massive Israeli retaliation.
But two years ago, my friend Cristina Di Benigno invited me to lunch in her village near Corvara, a tiny, little-known ruin of a town in Abruzzo, about an hour by car from the port city of Pescara.
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Columbus, New Mexico (CNN) -- Mayor Nicole Lawson is only 37, but her hair is already turning white as she tries to keep this border town corrupted more than a year ago by Mexican cartels from falling deeper into financial ruin.
After a period of ruin in the 16th Century, the buildings were repaired and rebuilt by the Thomas family in the latter half of the 1500s.
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Now Oebanda is fighting a battle that could truly ruin her reputation and the organization she created -- fraud allegations made by Philippine investigators.
To me and thousands of individual investors, championing middling performance by professional money managers leads us all down the road to financial ruin.
The stars of the IFC comedy "Portlandia" satirized the social booby-traps in a sketch featuring two couples who ruin everything from "Dexter" to "Star Wars" for each other by blabbing crucial plot points.
The networks, led by Fox, NBC and CBS, claim that such features will ruin the system that finances their shows, while Dish argued that people have been skipping ads, in one way or another, since the invention of TV.
The Fed's statement took note of the global stresses that have been intensified by the turmoil in Cyprus, which is trying to stave off financial ruin.
Paris may be known for the soft rose light of its afternoons, but at night its monuments are set aflame by a warm glow that is far closer to candlelight than the bright white spotlights that ruin so many cities.
It seems like Apple could fix this in one of two ways: (1) have iTunes users give account-access permission to a gift-giver in advance (even though it would then ruin the surprise of a gift) or (2) do it Amazon-style, as noted by McAfee.
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