A Babylonian version tells of a divine decision to destroy everyone, apart from a certain Atrahasis, who builds a boat for his family and escapes.

而这个故事的巴比伦版本是，神决定要摧毁所有人，除了某个叫阿特拉哈西斯(atrahasis)的人，而这个人为他的家人造了一条船并逃生。

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People are worried that the real-time web will destroy their readership as everyone just gets distracted by the newest shiny thing on Twitter, but the Numbers show something very different.

人们担心即时网络会毁掉自己的读者群，因为人们的注意力都在Twitter上的新鲜事件上，但是数据显示并非如此。

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We don't allow anyone to destroy it. We should call on everyone to protect it and support it.

我们不允许任何人破坏火炬的传递。我们应当呼吁每个人保护它，支持它。

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This display of dominance is enough to destroy everyone else's confidence, no matter how many times the top three expound on the depth of the men's game, or the difficulties they face in each round.

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Financial panics destroy consumer spending by eating into everyone's net worth, evenly split today between homes and financial assets.

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But more often they are the worst of decisions, obvious mistakes that everyone saw coming and that destroy an otherwise successful company in waves of unnecessary disasters.

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