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“Doom and gloom! Ruin and ruination! cloak. “Is she all right?” the lady asked. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
“That woman has been your ruination,” Úrsula would shout at her great-grandson when she saw him coming into the house like a sleepwalker. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
Their destroyed clothes, the ruination of the party, the damage done to the ballroom and the rest of the house—none of this weighed on the minds of the Incorrigibles. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
At 13:30 my ruination occurred, though I didn't realize it at the time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
All that could happen, with Bloom tilting at windmills, was the ruination of them both ... of them all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I looked at the confusion around me, the ruination. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
Gramps said, “Gloria? Is she the one who told you not to marry me? Is she the one who said I would be your ruination?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
Trump Tower, conspicuously a part of the plot, fares suspiciously well, considering the phrase "Trump Tower," when spoken aloud on-screen, sounds ripe for imminent ruination. Transformers: A 'Moon' to howl at 2011-06-28T05:19:00Z
We toy recklessly with brand-new capacities for ruination. Books of The Times: Russell Banks?s Novel ?Lost Memory of Skin? - Review 2011-09-25T22:26:09Z
The practice of “ruination” demonstrates the incredible precision with which Lovecraft approached description. HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher 2013-04-11T20:22:00Z
I do not need to experience the palpable ruination of tattered souls like his ever again. “The pigs were glowing deep gold”: The amazing experience that ended my life as a pig farmer 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z
Whether you consider the video boom pop's zenith, its ruination or both at once, you'll find someone who agrees with you in this goldmine of insight and anecdote. Christmas gifts 2012: the best music books 2012-11-29T08:00:04Z
It was a landscape of appalling ruination – "awful but also rather beautiful", he says, a new territory waiting to be discovered. Leon Kossoff's love affair with London 2013-04-27T10:00:04Z
And Bill pursued his latest messianic or suicidal mission: risking exposure as a polygamist, and the ruination of his family, by campaigning for a State Senate seat. Big Love: Shark-Jumping in Utah 2010-02-22T14:05:00Z
Now seeing the continued ruination around the world, I seldom say a word. Francine Prose’s Oaxaca: An Immersion Course in Mexico’s Delights 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z
Philip has been on this track for a while, though Martha’s ruination and Paige’s entanglement in the family secret hasn’t helped. ‘The Americans,’ in Its Melancholy Fourth Season, Was ‘Breaking Sad’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z
I wanted to tempt fate and use rose water, risking perfumed ruination. Tipple through the tulips: How to use flowers in cocktails for Valentine’s Day 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z
By this time, however, the marines have been through so much ruination and grief that they greet the words with silence and contempt. Hanks and Spielberg pick their battles with The Pacific 2010-04-03T13:20:00Z
Such insecurity, while the ruination of those like Jivan, is the dubious salvation of those like PT Sir and Lovely, for it allows them to shuck off their morals and their scruples with minimal regret. A Facebook Post Lands an Innocent Woman in Jail in This Riveting Debut Novel 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z
Slowly, these fragments began to assemble themselves into something larger: the artistic reverse of "controlled ruination", perhaps. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z
Harley’s extravagance eventually led to his ruination and the dispersal of his great collection. The most beautiful libraries you’ve never seen 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z
He opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb more vehemently than J. Robert Oppenheimer but escaped the ruination visited upon Oppenheimer by the vindictive chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis L. Strauss. A Remarkable Man Among Remarkable Men and Women 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z
This comic counterbalance to all those cliffhanging traumatic moments, all the lives brought to ruination by J.R.’s machinations, is part of an underlying cheekiness that runs throughout the series. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dallas’ 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z
“The Angel Esmeralda,” the title story in Don DeLillo’s first ever collection of short fiction, is a dazzlingly told tale of despair and ruination, the dream of redemption and the testing of faith. Books of The Times: Don DeLillo Stories, Led by ?The Angel Esmeralda? ? Review 2011-11-16T18:38:21Z
His triumph is his inhabitation of whiteness, his searing articulations of its ruination, brutality and shame. The Trauma of the Civil War Lives On in Faulkner’s Fiction 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z
It was hard to see why the government would allow the ruination of so much open land, which is one of Ireland’s principal commodities, namely the “unspoiled” landscape. Voyages: My Debt to Ireland 2012-02-10T20:35:10Z
Schooled as much by nature’s ruination as by its beauty, Mr. Stout designed major museums in Canada and his native South that combined green design with ardent evocations of local natural features. Randall Stout, Los Angeles architect known for being environmentally aware, dies at 56
Buildings and cities — often in apocalyptic states of ruination — were recurring motifs. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: 21 Great Buildings Throughout History 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z
She then pleaded with Trump to realize that, although she’s an “obnoxious comedian,” she doesn’t deserve the death threats or attempts at career ruination that are being directed against her for her joke. Kathy Griffin claims “conspiracy” at mad, looping press conference 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z
“When he speaks apocalyptically, he’s talking about the ruination caused by others,” D’Antonio said. How Trump got religion — and why his legendary minister’s son now rejects him 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z
"The ruination of Newark restored my interested in it," he said. Philip Roth reflects on novel's decline and 'Nemesis' 2010-10-05T16:26:00Z
If you're determined to make a fun, feelgood movie, a marriage between a manipulative bigamist and a terrified minor that spirals off into alcoholism, violence and ruination may not be the ideal subject matter. Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis biopic strikes wrong note on scandal 2012-08-23T11:49:00Z
But Hytner is also at pains to remind us that Timon's ruination is part of a larger crisis in capitalism and, utilising the play's Athenian background, shows angry crowds occupying the squares and streets. Timon of Athens - Review 2012-07-18T00:23:36Z
On the other hand, among contemporary city dwellers there is an unwillingness, verging on phobia, to contemplate the ruination of the recent past. Actual-Sized Photograph 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z
In this poem he develops one of his great themes: the ruination of the land. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z
The Trust pursues the finely named policy of "controlled ruination", which sounds like a South African rugby strategy, but in conservation terms means allowing entropy its play. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z
Sebald, for example, a German writer burdened with the question of how to address the ruination of the Second World War, is a literary event made in some way possible by Virginia Woolf. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z
Rath’s road to ruination begins when he ventures to a nightclub, the Blue Angel, that he believes has been corrupting his students. Ready for Drama (and Meta-Drama)? Start With These Two Masters. 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z
It is Cribbs who leads the good-hearted Edward Middleton to ruination through drink as an act of revenge for Middleton’s marrying young Mary Wilson and saving her and her widowed mother from losing their home. | 'The Drunkard': Saved, Before Alcoholics Anonymous 2010-10-04T21:32:00Z
Simply put, Prince Andrew's ruination was "the scandal that rocked the royal family." A closer look at Prince Andrew's friendship with Epstein and his scandal on Peacock's "Banished" doc 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z
Here he mans up to become the comic aggressor, the unstoppable, primitive force of chaos that rages through Mr. Hirson’s 1991 play in verse about the ruination of theater, set in the age of Molière. | 'La B?te': Making Chaos Rhyme With Class, Er, Gas 2010-10-15T02:01:00Z
The concentration is shifting increasingly northward as the architectural ruination of West 57th Street continues to take out longtime gallery buildings. 11 Galleries to Visit Now on the Upper East Side and in Harlem 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z
Maybe it is unsurprising, in a musician of consummate aesthetic discipline, that Welch sometimes seems drawn to dissolution, a personal “ruination.” Twenty Years of Listening to Gillian Welch 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z
Standing in front of the fridge to cool what we are led to believe are hot flashes, the depths of her doubts about their marriage, their careers, their paths toward ruination come spilling out. 'House of Cards' Season 3, Episode 12 Recap: Their Only Child 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z
Curiously, a bond develops between Pete, who feels he has ruined everything in his life, and Pearl, whose faith is happily based on the prospect of apocalyptic ruination. ‘Fourth of July Creek’ by Smith Henderson 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
Once the ruination starts, the newspapers are brutal, making Tree puns about splinters, sap, pulp, etc. Books of The Times: Golf Phenom, Not Tiger Woods. Sure. 2011-06-30T21:03:11Z
And Ms. Boo sets forth the step-by-step process of ruination that it brings. Books of The Times: Katherine Boo?s First Book, ?Behind the Beautiful Forevers? 2012-01-30T23:08:37Z
Do you carry on as before, nobly defying the ruination of public discourse? Making Art in a Time of Rage 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z
There will be pushback, accusations of ruination of lives and probably some tears. Creating good boundaries 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z
All of his films have been allegories, stories of small-scale breakdowns in civilisation as a result of societal ruination. Ben Wheatley: 'I don't think I'll ever be a Hollywood guy' 2013-06-22T05:00:00Z
Of course, ruination was nothing new, nor the destruction of entire cities. Actual-Sized Photograph 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z
Almost any action or behavior can lead to scandal and ruination for a gently bred lady who doesn't follow society's ridiculously strict rules of etiquette. From race to incels, the modern "Bridgerton" twists hold a mirror up to today's shortcomings 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z
Of the great mythic events in Scottish history, only one has involved the ruination of the enemy. The Eagle bears the standard Scottish stereotype 2011-03-28T09:55:28Z
They claim the AHL’s financial gain would amount to their own ruination. Kraken prospect Shane Wright will be allowed to play in AHL if he can’t make NHL squad 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z
"I think they thought 'oh my god' this is going to be the ruination of us," Mr Smith said. Mesh bowel patients call for publication of Bristol Spire Hospital report 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z
It was a gesture of play as much as protest, striking above all for Williams’s decision not to burn the flags but to preserve their crisp, and oddly appetizing, ruination. The Black Artists Claiming More Space Than Ever Before 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z
The result, Hoh said, was “tremendous death, destruction and the ruination of a society.” Two decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z
She sat in her father’s hulking six-wheel truck, contemplating the ruination of the world she once knew. Shattered Homes and Lurking Disease: Quake Hardships Pile Up 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z
If there is any possible small mercy in this scene of ruination, it's that the earthquake struck in winter when fewer homes in the village were occupied. Earthquake tears apart a Turkish-British family 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z
Riley surely realizes he is risking the ruination of the final season of arguably the greatest quarterback in USC history by forcing Williams to tote this unsightly defensive baggage, correct? Plaschke: USC’s defense is again the reeking stain on Lincoln Riley’s regime 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z
Daniel Snyder, the billionaire who has overseen the thorough ruination of a prime NFL franchise, is open to selling the Washington Commanders. Perspective | Daniel Snyder is trapped — and now Washington fans can dare to dream 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z
Farrell: "It's not so much the friendship, it's the break-up, the severity of the break-up and the consequences of the break-up and lives in ruination...The confusion of it and the inability to accept it." A Minute With: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson on 'Banshees of Inisherin' 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z
“They’re having a very hard time because the Russian occupier is constantly shelling these localities, there’s widespread destruction, ruination, infrastructure is being destroyed, kindergarten schools, residential buildings,” Burtiy said. Up to 150 civilians killed in recent Russian strikes, Pentagon says 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z
Eventually this leads to the ruination of the commons. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z
For many years, controversially, the old don avoided contextualizing his writing and broadcasting about the natural world with caveats about its ruination. David Attenborough’s ‘Trials of Life’: A reference work with the power to transport 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z
"This action yesterday was just another level of crazy. It’s a ruination of Russia for decades, so damaging for Ukraine and so costly all around." Putin may have overplayed his hand by invading Ukraine, experts say: 'Massive miscalculation' 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z
Not that the likelihood of Roe’s ruination isn’t sickening. Opinion | Where will Democratic infighting lead? History’s answer is clear. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z
"White freedom" could bring the ultimate ruination of America. After the Rittenhouse verdict: Will "white freedom" spell the ruin of America? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z
And yet the N.C.A.A. still maintains that paying players an actual salary would bring about the ruination of college sports. The Difference Between an Unpaid and a Paid Student-Athlete? Not Much. 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z
It troubled Boyd that for a woman, every act of sex risked ruination. Review | The messy family saga and complicated characters behind Roe v. Wade 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z
Generations of well-pensioned Republicans and Democrats share beaucoup blame for the ruination of state and local public finances - the finances of many school districts included. Editorial Roundup: Illinois 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z
Biden’s most difficult challenge will be putting them back together after four years of ruination, and Becerra’s will be to bring professional management back to Health and Human Services. Column: The attacks on Becerra as Biden's HHS nominee are amazingly dishonest. Here's why 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z
To admit Clarence would “cause riots and financial ruination,” the letter said, according to Mitchell. Rumor forces Maryland school to dig into its racial history 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z
"At no point was Amy advised to get counsel, nor was she informed of her rights; instead she was viciously threatened with career ruination if she tried to contest anything happening," the attorneys said. School principal sues over dismissal for sharing conservative memes on Facebook 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z
Trump has spent the closing weeks of his campaign using outdated stereotypes to appeal to women in the suburbs, several times saying baselessly that a Biden win would result in the ruination of their communities. Trump needs to win back some female voters. He’s closing his campaign by insulting them. 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z
By contrast, Trump said, electing Biden and his running mate California Sen. Kamala Harris, would lead to ruination: of industry and enterprise, of the country’s social and cultural fabrics, of America’s entire way of life. Five takeaways from the final night of the RNC 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z
It wasn’t just the spectre of financial ruination, but the sense the Premier League is not simply a sporting competition but a rolling news source, an endless conversation, a 12-month soap opera. Liverpool's planning prevails in Premier League season like no other | Jonathan Liew 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z
But it’s not just the wealthiest of the wealthy who are the ruination of America. Opinion | America’s black billionaires have no place in a Bernie Sanders world 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z
We are struck less by nature’s sublime powers than by the enormity of our capacity for ruination. Review | What ruins can teach us about beauty and decay 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z
“They are ruining the world. We have contributed to the ruination of it, but they are ensuring it.” Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland blast Donald Trump at film festival 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z
The landscape was a ruination of flattened homes, wrecked factories and fallow farms. Brave new world: the search for peace after the second world war 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z
“Making American Great Again” has always been about rescuing it from ruination brought about by Obama and people like him. The danger of Trump's pro-white hysteria — and what he means by "the destruction of our country" 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z
But in 2014 the Wall Street wise guys had one more deal to go that could insulate them from the ruination their speculation had wrought. Lessons from the Puerto Rican insurrection: "When tyranny is the law, revolution is the order." 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z
Donald Trump architect of the ruination of the West Side, deserves to be held down and his hair cut off, or strapped to the roof of the car! Donald Trump and Bette Midler are feuding. Yes, again 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z
Or if the right is correct that single-payer would bring about Soviet-style ruination for individuals and businesses, then surely states would leave it – or their citizens would leave them. We can have Medicare-for-All—and bypass Mitch McConnell and the GOP-controlled Senate to get it now 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z
President Trump threatened the “ruination” of Canada’s economy through auto tariffs. How Canada’s feminist foreign minister cut a trade deal with Trump 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z
Canadians are mostly relieved that Nafta 2.0, now called the U.S.M.C.A., was signed and that Mr. Trump’s threats of economic ruination for their country are over. For Canada and U.S., ‘That Relationship Is Gone’ After Bitter Nafta Talks 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z
“In Canada, the tax on cars would be the ruination of the country,” Mr. Trump said. Trump Threatens Tariffs on All Imports From China, Escalating Trade Feud 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z
With the death toll climbing to 94 and hundreds facing ruination, the fires are now the worst Greek disaster in living memory. From US to Australia, Greek diaspora rallies to help wildfire victims 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z
Employees were compelled to sign severe nondisclosure agreements, the violation of which would trigger a lawsuit that could cause ruination. Opinion | A dazzling story of deception in Silicon Valley 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z
Asked to define “ruination”, he said: “Severe deprivation of food and almost no access to healthcare”. UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's 'cruel' measures 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z
Showing up and taking advantage of the ruination of local communities to create a "utopia." Making a Crypto Utopia in Puerto Rico 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z
Trump put special emphasis on advertising to discourage young people from trying drugs, saying, “They will see the devastation and the ruination it causes.” AP FACT CHECK: Past anti-drug campaigns show little success 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z
Trump placed particular focus on advertising to discourage young people from trying drugs, saying, "They will see the devastation and the ruination it causes." Past Anti-Drug Ad Campaigns Haven't Been Very Successful 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z
Despite the ruination, I see a ray of hope: Houston needs to be rebuilt, almost from scratch. Stalled Over Gulf, Harvey Deepens Texans’ Soggy Misery 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z
I call him Dickface now, because it’s more ethical than smearing another poor person by publishing their legal name in the newspaper and contributing to the ruination of their life. Why I quit: local newspapers can needlessly ruin lives for empty clicks 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z
Will he somehow straighten things out and keep the left from obtaining enough power to practice ruination? Gen. John Kelly to the rescue? 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z
But after reporting such dishonest shortcuts, I have revealed myself to be another villain in the ruination of our nation by suggesting we let those kids graduate anyway. Perspective | I dislike fraudulent courses. So why do I still want schools to use them? 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z
The ruination of Obamacare is once again tied up with keeping the government running. The White House Seems Excited to Shut Down the Government 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z
Yet for true global ruination, many other nations would need to abnegate their moral obligation to protect the planet. Analysis | Trump wants to roll back progress against climate change. He’s going to fail. 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z
But what the rest of the world see as creeping ruination, local politicians see as an opportunity. ‘You can't live in a museum’: the battle for Greenland's uranium 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z
Whether the GOP will suffer the ruination and death that ultimately befell Mary Shelley’s monster is yet to be determined. How the alt-right became racist: A short history of hate — Part 1 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z
Probably not, but was it sort of like a road of ruination and emptiness? Jarett Kobek: ‘The internet has been enormously detrimental to society’ 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z
During the slow ruination of what began as a spectacularly warm and clear autumn Sunday afternoon, that embrace dissipated into a shove and a stare. Rams lose buzz and hear boos, while Jared Goff — who represents hope — goes unused 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z
As I have explored at length in previous columns, I believe the ruination of the Republican Party speaks to a deeper political dysfunction that also afflicts the Democrats, on a less obvious level. Down goes the Trump-tanic! Republicans flee the wreckage — and the Clintons dodge a bullet 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z
Ted Cruz is a hero because he may have just stopped the ruination of this country if we can stop Hillary from being elected. Ted Cruz Announces Support for Donald Trump 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z
The Beijing News, widely read in the capital, put the ruination of the ruins on its front page. ‘Botched’ Repair to China’s Great Wall Provokes Outrage 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z
“People will now use the money invested in liquor to add nutrition to their plates, avoid disease and economic ruination.” More Indian states are banning liquor, although that hasn't stopped the drinking 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z
Some see the Kansas-based Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's plan as economic salvation; others see it as the ruination of peaceful rural culture. Native American casino plan wagers on tiny Illinois town 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z
In the morning, Pitzl was the first out of the tent, and he reported that the entire south end of the ice pan was rubble; they’d missed ruination by a matter of yards. An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z
With more than 300 unstable mountainsides and nearly 1,200 fiords, geologists believe the kind of ruination so vividly rendered in "The Wave" is close to inevitable. 'The Wave' director sought to make a fiord-disaster movie with heart 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z
The young Democrats swooning for Sanders appear unfamiliar with socialism’s century-long career, a dismal tale of ruination from Russia to Cuba to Venezuela. Sanders and Trump: Magic sells 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z
Mr. Martelly is hardly the first terrible leader to afflict Haiti and leave ruination in his wake. After canceling its presidential election, Haiti heads toward chaos 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z
It would be a rare success in an otherwise grim litany of ecological ruination tied to the country’s demand for threatened plants and animals. China Weighs Ban on Manta Ray Gills, Sold in Traditional Market as Modern Panacea 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
Neither traffic accidents nor gun violence, each claiming 30,000-plus lives a year, causes so much ruination. Heroin, Survivor of War on Drugs, Returns With New Face 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z
The same process completely disrupted the industry that was dominated by his Rochester employer and set off a decade of complaints by professional photographers fretting over the ruination of their profession. Kodak's First Digital Moment 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z
These same people are on purpose turning a deaf ear to the professional politicians in the presidential race because they blame those politicians for bringing about the ruination of the country. Chill Out About Trump 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z
For their hard work, for their touching belief in the American dream, they are facing ruination. Uber mows down Bill de Blasio 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z
Still, as Santorum explained in 1994, women who do have children out of wedlock are to blame for “the ruination of this country”; he also had a special proposal for deterring them: 5 of the most batsh*t offensive things GOP candidates have said about single mothers 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z
I respectfully submit that these very same selfish and short sighted capital market forces that result in the wholesale ruination of our natural environment are also ignoring the wasting of a generation. Dear Pope Francis: There is another dire global crisis that desperately needs your attention 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z
So it’s no surprise some would exploit both to justify the criminal ruination of Baltimore. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z
What really bothered me about the episode is what seems to be the slow torture and ruination of a once-great character. 'Vikings' Season 3, Episode 8 Review: 'To The Gates' 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z
Others despised Roosevelt as the ruination of America, an aristocrat who turned against his class. FDR at 100: Still a Controversial Figure 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z
When parties are divided, into either groups like Shi'ite and Sunni, it is a kind of ruination for any political structure. In Struggle for National Identity, Iraqis Rally Around Many Flags 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z
The story of the financial ruination of the Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman that was told this morning by Dispatch writer Aaron Portzline is both shocking and heartbreaking. Jack Johnson's Shocking Bankruptcy Story; Maple Leafs Point Fingers 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z
Whether these mechanisms will be enough to prevent future space conflict and the possible ruination of critical orbits remains to be seen. Why World War III Could Start In Space 2014-04-25T06:32:00Z
"Their vision, clouded with hatred and falsehood, their ideology, divisive and autocratic, will drive us to ... ruination," the Italian-born widow of 1980s prime minister Rajiv Gandhi said in the clip broadcast on Monday night. India's Sonia Gandhi in TV appeal to stop 'divisive' BJP 2014-04-15T06:23:57Z
No less an authority than George Orwell thought paperbacks were of so much better value than hardbacks that they spelled the ruination of publishing and bookselling. E-Book Ruling Gives Amazon an Advantage 2013-07-11T01:32:52Z
The new set, "Masaki Kobayashi: Against the System," takes a critical look at less salubrious aspects of Japanese society between the country's postwar ruination and its transformation into an economic powerhouse. The Early Films of Masaki Kobayashi: Between Postwar Ruination and Revival 2013-07-09T23:15:50Z
Individual bright points of light say nothing about the ruination of the whole, but were like the bits of data that made up the picture. The PRISM Shatters [100 Words Into The Future] 2013-06-19T14:01:00Z
The fax machine was the ruination of good architectural drawings. Rethinking The Autistic Brain: Temple Grandin on Shifting Focus from Deficits to Strengths 2013-05-19T15:05:22Z
Jack's editorial line: an end to the "unfair ruination of personalities" and "the sleaze and sensation that pass for journalism", plus a new, more upbeat message. The week in football: Fifa on tour plus Poyet's pledge 2013-05-18T22:34:56Z
But when it came to the perpetrators themselves, bemoaning the ruination of their lives was the wrong question for more than one reason. How to rehabilitate a teenage rapist 2013-03-21T11:45:00Z
She also ordered him to forfeit what she called a "draconian" $143.1 billion, which she said would seal his "financial ruination." Madoff's younger brother sentenced to 10 years for role in fraud 2012-12-21T00:37:41Z
This week, he completed the ruination of another franchise. Florida Marlins ‘trade’ shows Jeffrey Loria, MLB at their worst 2012-11-15T14:20:24Z
Traders are all about the short term and their myopia leads them to do things for short-term profit which risk ruination in the longer term. Traders are the ruin of retail banking 2012-07-01T21:00:01Z
There was all the money that ever was saved in the family since they got a grant of this manor, in the days of the Firbolgs, down to the time of their outer ruination. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z
All that's admirable about college basketball pitted against the forces that would be its ruination. Column: Jedi knight vs. Darth Vader? Not exactly. 2012-04-02T08:19:09Z
The ruination of the Lower Ninth has attracted geographers and ecologists from around the world, especially those in the burgeoning field of catastrophe studies — a field with a busy future. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z
So, when saying something you regard as a joke, in order to avoid loss of job and life ruination, say "joke!" Al Murray on the Twitter joke trial: 'Problem is, the law don't do funny' 2012-02-11T00:06:59Z
But always, they keep their eyes directed toward that volatile mouth, and the ruination it threatens. Ventre: Tick, tick, tick ... How long can Kobe keep cool? 2012-02-07T22:08:46Z
There's no "giggling and leering"— Complete ruination to rowing and steering;— "All eyes in the boat" is their coach's first care, And "a spin of twelve miles" is as naught to the fair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z
Why look 'ere: I've been all this blessed day a-trying to get six dozen of rats, and I has only got two dozen; and it's ruination the price of them is. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z
Somehow to his man's heart it brought a strange kind of comfort to feel that this ruination was not a wanton cruelty, but a penalty exacted. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z
Indeed this is frequently done to the impoverishment, and, in the latter case, even to the ruination of whole families or households. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z
The whole thing was a skin game—Frank and his precious wife had seen ruination comin' on and they'd laid plans to feather their own nest and let the rest of us whistle. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z
Dinner in the large towns is a ruination and a misery!... Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z
The master was a fool," she observed, a few weeks after his death, "to bring you back here, as it's ruination. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z
Whereas we poor Italians—we are in a state of ruination—proper ruination. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z
I’ve been leading at most of the college dances this fall, and it’s ruination to good dancing, you know. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z
To be Joe Harris' friend meant safety, if nothing more; to be his enemy meant, sooner or later, a search for a new country, or utter ruination. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z
About two months after the ruination of Mamagobatyana’s dress by little Tobè, measles of a virulent type broke out among the native children, and nearly decimated the kraals. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z
We seem to have a fascination with ruination that extends beyond the possible or probable to the purely imagined. What would Carl Jung make of 2011? 2011-06-06T09:50:40Z
Maggie’s ice cream is upturned and melting in the street, a ruination. Kate Walbert: “M&M World.” 2011-05-23T04:00:00Z
Time makes amends usually for scandal's breath, Which touched him to his earthly ruination. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z
Many of her acquaintances aped her ways and little peculiarities of speech, to the utter ruination of any originality or fascination they may have themselves possessed, for such originality cannot be imitated. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z
Just remember you read it here first: Free agency will be the ruination of the Lingerie Football League. Comparing yourself to a dog not the most flattering idea 2011-03-21T00:48:39Z
The foolishness we are now considering is sinful, for it is a voluntary choice of evil, a violation of commandments, and the ruination of man. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z
The neutral firms simply dare not risk getting put on to the British Black List; it means ruination for them. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z
Rabelais "science without conscience is the ruination of the soul." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z
It would be the ruination of the child to give in to her whims and bad temper now. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z
The murder victim, Bjorn Faulkner, for all his brilliance, was a swindler who was apparently indifferent to the ruination of his investors. | Long Island: Want Legal Advice? Just Ask the Actors 2011-01-15T02:47:03Z
"It will simply be ruination to let it drop like that in the front ... takes away all the smartness from it." Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z
But if the filth of her existence should gradually roll from her upon him, would she not be his evil demon, his ruination? The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z
And the Spanish and Irish real estate sectors still haven't recovered from the utter ruination they suffered when the global financial system almost collapsed. What Recession?: Why France's Housing Market is Soaring 2010-12-31T07:15:00Z
The most notable was an appreciation that the software world was moving toward models of cooperation with others as much as plotting their ruination. Ray Ozzie leaves Microsoft 2010-10-19T01:01:00Z
“The principal purpose of health insurance is to prevent serious illness or injury from causing financial ruination,” says Henry Aaron, a health-care expert at the Brookings Institution. 'McHealthcare' Giving the White House Indigestion 2010-10-12T22:15:00Z
And one assumes the entire European Union financial establishment would invoke its own visions of Irish ruination if necessary. The banking bailout price has bought Ireland some time 2010-09-30T19:36:00Z
Here, we on the Gulf are concerned for our way of life and the ruination of our land and culture. Letters: BP ? the Northern Rock of Big Oil? 2010-06-14T23:05:00Z
When my mother had said to him, as a quarter's wages became due—"Robin, I will never be able to stand thir bairns' schooling—sae mony o' them is a perfect ruination to me." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16
They are both good Republicans, just as Harmon and Bryan are both good Democrats—and they are all agreed that Socialism would be the ruination of the country. Labor and Freedom
I wouldn't trust a boy of mine in the city, Mrs. Bradford," she said; "it's the ruination of 'em most always. Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck
Ah, it’s a fine place, and very good to look at, but ruination to keep up! With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War
Just at the period of time when misfortune and ruination befell the Jews most severely, in the first post-apostolic generation, the Christians were most active in making proselytes among Gentiles. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning
But, land o' liberty! whut a ruination all about the outside o' them walls! Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge
"Which is ruination to kettles," Mrs. Wilkinson observed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851
Horses is just been the ruination of me. "And they thought we wouldn't fight"
If he were less able, less cunning, or more scrupulous than they, his ruination was certain. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times
What would you do if there wa’n’t no way to save my place excepting by ruination of the other feller?” Captain Pott's Minister
The control is not only illusory: These inspections, made at command, and conducted by male, instead of female physicians, hurt most deeply the sense of shame; and they contribute to its total ruination. Woman under socialism
Then he stopped 54 shaking and held his hand over the mouth of the box, as if he expected the cubes might jump up and join in his ruination while his head was turned. Claim Number One
Now that’s about where we are, every mother’s son of us, thanks to him, and Hands, and Anderson, and other ruination fools of you. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25)
He’s a scamp, and old Doctor Rivers was the ruination of him. At the Crossroads
Thirty-five per cent of the farms have already passed into the hands of mortgagees; many of the remainder have changed hands, shifted under renewals and various expedients to avoid the ruination of closing out. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897
Carried to the last degree, it would mean ruination; for no provision is made for declines in the market, and resulting losses. All About Coffee
It’ll be the ruination of me ag’in, like it’s ruined me many a time before; but I got to roll ’em! Claim Number One
Ranny had found out that his bicycle, though it diminished his traveling expenses and kept him fit, was simply "ruination" to his clothes. The Combined Maze
It is ruination to a good book not to cut it right through into the corners. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books
Tightness here, where there should be the utmost freedom, means the wholesale ruination of what would otherwise have been good strokes. The Complete Golfer
He reminded them it was Lotus Land thinking, and would be the ruination of a prime bunch of colonists. Eight Keys to Eden
And, if the debtors cannot pay, we are afraid it will be ruination for a large proportion of the population. The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902
Sheep is the ruination of any grass country.” The Free Range
It’s enough to know that you pulled us out of ruination. Mountain Blood A Novel
To prevent the complete ruination of the tobacco planters, the General Assembly established fixed rates for tobacco in the payment of certain fees. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy"
Then, as he held a big foot to the warmth he talked down at the girl, telling her of what he had been about and the ruination Rafferty was letting the greenhouses go to. The Ghost Girl
I see now, why they haven’t sold a foot of the land they own here; why they’ve shoved the cost of leases up until it’s ruination to pay them. 'Firebrand' Trevison
R. thinks a Commission to Richmond is about the only salt to save us; while the President sees and says it would be utter ruination. A Man of the People A Drama of Abraham Lincoln
Ma thought going on the stage would be my ruination. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883
This particular sale was the ruination of my jewelry business for the time being, but as will be seen, proved to be the key-note to a very successful business in after years. Twenty Years of Hus'ling
For the corruption, the ruination of higher men, is in fact the rule: it is terrible to have such a rule always before our eyes. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.
The advent of these Chinese—probably but an advance guard of many hundreds—would simply mean ruination to himself and his mates, just as their prospects were so bright. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904
Out from the front of his host's throat, to the ruination of such scant good looks as he had, protruded an Adam's apple that was as large and tanned and tough-looking as his nose. The Rich Little Poor Boy
He says you have been the plague of his life; that you have crossed and defeated him so many times that he will be the 'ruination' of you yet. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
To the Nationalists it appeared at first as if it were the tearing asunder of the Home Rule Bill and the ruination of the constitutional cause for ever. Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics
But she kens as weel as us when the posts come in, besides the letters she gets from Agnes Anne—some that cost as muckle as sevenpence—a ruination and a disgrace!” The Dew of Their Youth
A man may be bald-headed, and it's genteel; but to be barefooted, it's ruination. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive
Mother, you are the ruination of my life! The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
But it's the ruination of Monterey and the rest of the coast. Gold Seekers of '49
No. Money is the ruination o' young folks. From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience
"That child will be my ruination," he muttered, seating himself at the desk. Tess of the Storm Country
It's the ruination of a man to take the dismal one.' The Confidence-Man
There were a few hearts also, no doubt, to whom they suggested the natural end for which these glorious things were called together—blood and murder, national ruination, broken constitutions, desolated homes, and sudden death. In the Track of the Troops
With the ruination and impoverishment of the cathedrals, an element in the Church's life inseparable from them, and most salutary and useful, ceased to be. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys
No argument or entreaty of mine could make him understand such a step would be ruination to me. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life
Coote really never took the pencil, and if you have him taken up, it will be ruination! Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton
He is not one of those fickle hearers whose demands for some new thing are the ruination of literary art. By the Christmas Fire
"It would mean ruination to most of us to pull out and leave it to these wolves," said the judge. Trail's End
Ye know, Sam," whimpered the rancher, "I allers was troubled with enlargement of the heart, I reckon, someday, it'll be the ruination o' me. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor
Again, as to religious, racial, national and political bias: all these prejudices strike at the very root of human life; one and all they beget bloodshed, and the ruination of the world. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
These uprisings, instead of being the "beginnings of the world's real creation," are rather the beginnings of its destruction and ruination. The Red Conspiracy
"We will get them, never fear, general," Bob Harding's voice could be heard assuring the insurrecto leader; "if they escape now, it will mean the ruination of all our plans." The Border Boys Across the Frontier
It was as if kind nature had sealed her ears against those seductive whisperings which—so the gossips said—had been the ruination of her mother. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Every one knows how the passion of drink, when abused, proves the ruination of millions; excessive eating, too, injures the systems of countless people. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
In those days of high postage Scott's bill for letters "seldom came under 150l. a year," and "as to coach parcels, they were a perfect ruination." Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series)
Some say drink is the besetting sin; another says 'bacca is man's ruination. Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series To which is added The Cream of Wit and Humour from his Popular Writings
He used to be a good sort of fellow, but is going all to ruination with the drink. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life
But though the smoke of tobacco is actual ruination, no plant whatever suffers from the steam thereof. About Orchids A Chat
It would be the ruination of the world if my frank comments got loose. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
In vain did they offer their services to the Imperial Parliament by way of suggesting a basis for a settlement, which would terminate a war of devastation and ruination. In the Shadow of Death
At that very moment, he was pursuing the glittering, attractive bait which later proved to be his utter ruination. Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks
You stood by and witnessed the ruination of my Indians? The Gun-Brand
You never cleared that up, but swore revenge night and day against my father, for only preventin' you from bein' the ruination of his cousin. The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
Are we not told that liberty is competition? and that competition, according to M. Louis Blanc, is a system of extermination for the people, and of ruination for trade? Essays on Political Economy
"And it is a good thing you don't, Reuben, for it would be the ruination of you!" admitted Hannah. Ishmael Or, In the Depths
Fishers and apostles always stood in together, an' War's the ruination o' both. Nicky-Nan, Reservist
Dorothy would be the ruination of "the shop" ... it would have been better if she had never shown up at the Eos Studios.... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative
It's ruination for us without the gun, and that you might have remembered. Lady Good-for-Nothing
It may be all right, looked at financially, but it’s the ruination of art.” The Man Thou Gavest
It means ruination to the country if a man cannot run his stock without fear of molestation. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest
She made ready to go, but suddenly came back to put out one of the two lamps, muttering the while that such late prayers spelt ruination in oil. Abbe Mouret's Transgression
He says coming forward too fast is the ruination of young men in our day. A Young Girl's Wooing
A premature advance on their part, while we would undoubtedly repulse it, would mean the ruination of our coup. The Boy Allies on the Firing Line Or, Twelve Days Battle Along the Marne
It's those yellow novels, and that gang of drugstore snips you let her run with will be her ruination. Every Soul Hath Its Song
At least the incalculable loss suffered by our forest property in the year 1848, through lavish waste, plundering, and wanton ruination, has certainly, up to the present time, not been made good by natural means. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Which did not prevent them, by the way, from joining later in the general condemnation of that father's laxity—"the ruination of the boy!" O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
His ruination of the atmosphere plants on Mars proves that he is able to direct asteroids to targets with high accuracy, and that we are unable to detect them. The Runaway Asteroid
These I opened, and exposed the plates to ruination as before. Martin Hewitt, Investigator
I think this love of dress is the ruination of many a young girl. Trial and Triumph
And if any party, Mrs. Doctor, dear, will make it rain before the week is out, and save our kitchen garden from entire ruination, that is the party Susan will vote for. Anne's House of Dreams
But for a man—or a woman—that's pushing up, it's sheer ruination! Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
I was especially astonished that friars would leave a life of rumination to follow the one of ruination and fatigue of the gypsies. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself
A great house it be though inclined to ruination. The Amateur Gentleman
I tell her it's almost as much ruination to a girl to be too retiring as to be too forward. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It
Maybe you don't know it, but that's what killed my Annie, that same streak which was the ruination of a fine, educated man like his father. Star-Dust
Old Chief Tuba took particular pride in watching over the remains of the factory, but after his death the ruination of the building was made complete. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert
His book is a most forcible and complete exposure of that horrible system of extortion, torture, and ruination which made a reformation or a revolution inevitable. Books Fatal to Their Authors
Andrew was a bit dazed, but none the less exhilarated; Jeremiah shook his head, yet kept his feet in motion; Simon grumbled that the whole business spelt little less than ruination. Under the Skylights
And I truly felt that his plans wus liable any time to be the death of him, and the ruination. Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician
"I always said that High School would be her ruination." Star-Dust
But on this day he chose to preach a ferocious harangue against divorce as the chief peril, the ruination of modern society. We Can't Have Everything
Learning may be ruination," responded the Doge, "though it wouldn't have been in your case. Over the Pass
Like as not the money would be the ruination of us all. Aunt Jane's Nieces
"They have, but it's mostly their ruination; so don't build castles in the air about this Guy Remington." Aikenside
What she had done was tantamount to the symbolic ruination of the very economy and foundation of the entire House of Rababull, and moreover, an overt rejection of the very gods themselves. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs
It may mean ruination to us all, you know, if you once let it out. The King of the Dark Chamber
Other means, open and covert, were employed to insure its ruination. Great Fortunes from Railroads
Though," complained Rhoda's father, "those spurs the boys wear will be the ruination of my hardwood floor. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch
Woodville is one of those fellows who will insist on telling me their most private matters,—even to what they owe their washerwomen for the ruination of their shirts. The Beetle
With nothing but ruination before her, and seeing no alternative, the widow's heart finally softened, and she suffered herself to be wooed and won. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran
So instead of doing a kindness I really would work ruination. Moths of the Limberlost
For the corruption, the ruination of higher men, of the more unusually constituted souls, is in fact, the rule: it is dreadful to have such a rule always before one's eyes. Beyond Good and Evil
It was a working plumber was my ruination when I was pure. Ulysses
The worst you'd get would be a flogging; but it means ruination to the husband.—Say, my dear, you are as familiar with him as if he were another Bobchinsky. The Inspector-General
We suspect that, to those who would rise in life, even strong versatility is a very doubtful good, and weak versatility ruination. Peg Woffington
"Yes, sir; but please, sir, he was that dirty and muddy to go scrimmaging over the house, and it's the ruination of the furniture—" "The dog is not to be tied up," I interrupted. To-morrow?
It is bad enough for me or my daughter and our guests, but it will be the ruination of my wife's nerves, and I can't stand for that. The Rise of Roscoe Paine
The pipes don’t cost much, that’s true; but the labour in sinking the trenches is ruination A Changed Man; and other tales
I couldn’t bide at such a ruination place,’ said the farmer.  The Trumpet-Major
The thing, after all, was no more within their control than it was within the power of ants to stop the ruination of their ant-heap by some passing boy! The Patrician
But for George to marry her would be ruination. The Country House
Co-operation is the savior of some, but the ruination of others, and her plea of justifiable homicide cannot be accepted while this earth has more than enough for her own. Confiscation; an outline
Between you, you boys will be the ruination of me. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark
You may get some foolish, self-sacrificing notion in your head that it would be best for me, when it would be my ruination. He Fell in Love with His Wife
If THAT'S no good, then out he goes and she with him; and it's ruination for both of 'em, reputations and all. Keziah Coffin
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