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In about 721 b.c. , the north (Israel) was invaded and devastated by Assyrians.
Loan companies are permitting buyers to borrow more than ever before--5 percent down payments are common--so many overextended buyers could be devastated when the economy slows down.
The LAT reports that many Turks are leaving the earthquake zone because of a lack of shelter, fear of disease, and doubts that the devastated cities will be rebuilt.
What steps must be taken to prevent Nepal from being devastated by the infection?
Contrary to the views of sentimentalists, a people long conditioned to satirical, hard-edged personal names like Stumbling Bear , who have suffered for five centuries the misnomer Indians and who once merrily referred to whites as Long Noses and Palefaces , are hardly likely to be mortified by Redskinsor devastated by Braves . Although currently considered the most glaring of all Indian team names, Redskins actually predates its New World usage by some twenty-five centuries or so.