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Recent Examples of pauperizeIronically, in Cuba, a country pauperized by a Marxist model for the past 61 years, there is a growing public cry demanding change.—Otto Reich, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
This is the opportunity to seek a lasting agreement that benefits both Iranians and the world, one that includes the majority of Iranians who reject a regime that steals their resources, isolates their country, and impoverishes them.
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Roya Boroumand,
Time,
9 July 2025
The universe may indeed be mysterious, but our response to this technological revolution will determine whether that mystery enriches or impoverishes the human experience.
But even back then, legislators feared that the cost of covering long-term care would bankrupt the Medicare program, as law professor Sidney Watson recounts in her review of this history.
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Kat McGowan,
NPR,
20 June 2025
If your goal were to bankrupt America and destabilize the world, dragging us into another endless Middle East war would be the way to do it.
Now a wonderful memory of the occasion will be ruined in my memories.
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Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
9 July 2025
The ceiling was now on the floor, the world had turned itself upside down, her outfit and her day and her rug were seemingly ruined—and yet she herself was not hurt.
To reduce background noise when making phone calls or joining in with a video meeting, Headphone (1) has a 4-microphone ENC system that’s backed up by AI.
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Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Using the current policy baseline, the CBO found that the legislation would reduce the deficit by $508 billion.
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Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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