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  • Among these was a respectable-looking volume entitled Debased Currency, by Theodore Roberts.

    The Nursing Home Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1899-1982 1963

  • Debased money in modern times in both the U.S. and Europe debases the animating spirit that fueled the Renaissance—the autonomy and liberty that exists quite outside the state.

    The Reasons for Europe's Travails 2011

  • Debased currencies without definition are what the world has suffered since August of 1971, when President Richard Nixon severed the dollar's link to gold.

    Without Stable Money, There Can Be No Trust 2010

  • Debased and deflowered laid on somber ground the lowly pine mourns its loss of roots upon which stood.

    Pinus Timbre 2009

  • Debased money, money so free and easy that it loses real value, will eventually destroy a kingdom through inflation or financial crisis.

    As China Goes... 2009

  • Debased and deflowered laid on somber ground the lowly pine mourns its loss of roots upon which stood.

    Pinus Timbre J.N. Bower 2009

  • Debased people, over time, will lose all hope and turn into nothing more than clever animals who have nothing to lose.

    Think Progress » U.S. military reports 40 percent spike in Baghdad attacks. 2006

  • All I really know is that Earth was Debased through pollution and wars, but there is no specific history.

    Debut Graduate: The Stars Down Under Tia Nevitt 2008

  • All I really know is that Earth was Debased through pollution and wars, but there is no specific history.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Tia Nevitt 2008

  • Debased people turn to nothing more than clever animals in situations such as this, and they stay that way.

    Think Progress » The horrors of Iraq. 2006

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