This is a biggie because if you make this mistake, it can really wipe you out financially.

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Special Offer: Options can wipe you out or help you turn thousands of dollars into hudreds of thousands of dollars.

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"You work for 360 days and these five days can wipe you out, " said John Babiarz of Greenfield Citrus Nursery in Mesa.

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And you might wipe out the entire preceding 24-hour period, not just the bad stuff.

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There is no reason to think he was not very charitable, but you cannot wipe out your entire income with charitable contributions.

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Or will you join to wipe out poverty in this land?

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You could double a stake or wipe it out in the space of a few days.

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Normally, a gut play should return you a multiple of your investment or wipe it out.

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And whether you're talking to those looking at technologies that could wipe out the human race, or orthopedic surgeons dealing with the aches and pains of the here and now, it's clear every upside has a dark side.

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Bats only have one young a year, and they don't have them every year, so if they were using your roof loft as their maternity roost and you knocked down the building or put in a loft extension, it would wipe out that whole population.

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