• Some patients become destructive, he says, describing a mother who watched her son shot dead on the street and who then went on to burn down her own home and that of her neighbours.

    ECONOMIST: Kashmir's troubles

  • Some teachers however are extremely destructive and make very negative impressions on their pupils.

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  • This would ensure that the trust would be a safety net, as intended, and not a windfall that could finance some frivolous or self-destructive behavior.

    FORBES: A Bicycle Trust For Christmas

  • The magnitude of this crisis can range from a distorted, diluted, destructive, and in some cases deranged form of what people inaccurately define as leadership when not held to a clearly articulated, well defined standard.

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  • People perceive these as risks rather than opportunities, which cause some to engage in self-destructive behavior by buying overvalued supposed riskless assets, such as US Treasuries, and selling incredibly profitable, yet highly discounted dividend paying blue chip stocks, which provide safety and income at bargain prices.

    FORBES: Opportunity Knocks

  • For a little while it had a destructive effect on me and some of the people around me.

    FORBES: Anthony Bourdain On His New Memoir, 'Medium Raw'

  • Basically, we had to decide at what point 18 or more years in the future we would trust our daughter to handle the money wisely, so it would really be the safety net we intended rather than a windfall that could fund some sort of wild or self-destructive behavior.

    FORBES: Build A Better Safety Net For Your Kids Than Social Security

  • But for the most part, what you'll see as you drive to the destructive area is newer housing, some housing that has been repaired and rebuilt, some still vacant lots.

    NPR: Two Years Later, Joplin Mayor Reflects On Impact Of Tornado

  • Repeal of FATCA probably is NOT any more possible than the Repeal of Obamacare, but it can be modified to be less destructive, and there in lies some hope, however forlorn it may be.

    FORBES: FATCA Makes Foreign Banks Report Americans

  • At his best he's a very destructive forward, and if Flutey finds some of the form he showed for Wasps in his previous spell then they'll be there or thereabouts, but I don't think it's going to be an easy season for them.

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  • But destructive fishing pressure has sharply depleted ocean wildlife, some by 90 percent in 50 years, including sharks, tunas, marlin, menhaden, groupers, snappers, tarpon, turtles, shrimp, crabs and others.

    CNN: An SOS on World Oceans Day: Save our seas, save ourselves

  • The quake, which hit about 31 miles inland from the Pacific coast, wouldn't generate a destructive tsunami, but there was the possibility of some local tsunami effects, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

    WSJ: Earthquake Rocks Mexico

  • Now, we know that some of our neighbors to the north saw a more ruthless and destructive Sandy.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • Based on available data, the tsunami warning center said there is "no destructive threat" to Hawaii, though it warned that some coastal areas could experience larger waves and strong currents.

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  • Part of the explanation is the destructive effect on creditworthiness of rapidly changing technology, which makes bondholders wonder whether some companies will be around to pay them back their money.

    ECONOMIST: A survey of Corporate Finance

  • Some companies have done this, such as Chargify.com, but they often had to fight destructive customer service and public relations battles.

    FORBES: Why Freemium Isn't Free

  • American forces fitted some vehicles with extra wheels that protrude from the front (explosions ahead of a vehicle are less destructive than underneath it).

    ECONOMIST: Anti-IED technologies

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