Agricultural chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers are contaminating our environment, poisoning our precious water supplies, and destroying the value of fertile farmland.

农业化学品、农药、肥料污染了我们的环境，毒化了我们宝贵的饮用水供应，并摧毁了价值肥沃的农田。

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America's harsh prohibitionist drug policies are grounded in the premise that the prohibited substances have little or no redeeming value and cannot be used without life-destroying consequences.

美国严厉的禁止毒品政策的前提是被禁止的物质几乎没有可取的价值并且在不会带来伤害生命的情况下也不可以使用。

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The industry has a history of splashy mergers and acquisitions, particularly involving technology outfits, which end up destroying value.

传媒业向来喜欢——特别是包括技术设备——声势浩大的合并收购，而结果总是破坏了原有价值。

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While there was plenty of debate at the time of the announcement as to whether selling the PC business was a good idea, the idea that it could take a year or more to decide was widely viewed as a value destroying nightmare.

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As Mr Sirower notes, lawsuits and the press punish other value-destroying corporate decisions.

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But the world's Friedmanites have waged a relentless guerrilla war against the idea, denouncing it as a farrago of value-destroying nonsense.

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