In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners and the middle class has often led to social revolution, sometimes violent upheavals.
God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.
I think I can wipe out diabetes.
In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day.
Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and unresponsive; the advent of Craigslist, which is wiping out classified advertising-have created a palpable sense of doom.
Behind every flinch is a fear or an anxiety - sometimes rational, sometimes not. Without the fear, there is no flinch. But wiping out the fear isn't what's important - facing it is.
A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.