So dominant was music in his life that a promising school record was one day suddenly ruined.
Career Justice Department lawyers who have made such careless mistakes have sometimes seen their careers ruined.
Millions of acres of fertile farmland has been flooded, livelihoods ruined, crops destroyed, and homes lost.
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For the sake of 60 seconds, a little patience can prevent lives being ruined.
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Record low snowfalls last winter ruined vacations and threatened to put some resorts out of business.
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Kate recalls how a promising relationship was ruined by the disclosure of her herpes.
The taxation of the ruined area will, of course, be remitted for some years to come.
"You have a beautiful gin martini ruined by some cheap olives, " Mr. Palazzi says.
Soon enough our daily costumes lay in an unseemly ruined pile at our feet.
But when prosecutors pursue individual doctors, the docs can be ruined over even minor transgressions.
This debris has integrity, almost the way the ruined city in "Full Metal Jacket" did.
Frankly, a really useful piece of software has been ruined, so can you suggest a replacement?
In truth, the spectacle was ruined by the downpour that arrived shortly after kick-off.
Nonetheless, companies were ruined, and a settlement involving billions of dollars may be effected.
As the satirical Onion magazine put it Congress Debates Whether Countries Should Be Economically Ruined.
Resident Gail Barrett returned to her home to find water everywhere and her furniture ruined.
If it always worked, everyone would do it and then it would get ruined.
Civilisation will be ruined when no one has to stand on an assembly line anymore.
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The conflict leaves behind a weakened education system, ruined schools and burnt-out university buildings.
After decades of toil, they are ruined, their pensions and few assets worthless in Zimbabwe's collapse.
If you get a settlement for a ruined vacation, it probably will be taxed.
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Mr. Yates said four villages had been ruined, but he couldn't confirm any fatalities.
The plant still stands but the celebrated mud-brick citadel was ruined in the quake.
Ordinary fans are crying out for action to stop the game they love being ruined.
That might be some compensation to the thousands of people ruined by Bernie Madoff.
Most franchises never get paid for and leave the investor broke and financially ruined.
Many companies that had any connection to asbestos, however tenuous, have been ruined by litigation.
He offers literary advice, teaches creative writing and tries to untangle his customers' ruined lives.
Doping scandals have ruined the previous two tours and left the sport's credibility in tatters.
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