"And he was devastated that all the money in the world couldn't save his son, and therefore,for his son, he was going to save other lives."

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Back on May 11, FIFA president Sepp Blatter proclaimed that the vote-selling scandal that has devastated world football and its governing body had to be resolved in time for the June 1 presidential election.

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You've devastated their world.

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Even the more recent New Century Evangelion, which he sees primarily as a metaphor for teenage confusion, is set in a world devastated by attacks from a mysterious alien force.

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