Will the Roberts court vote, 5:4, to lay waste to the class-action bar with this trio of cases?

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Level up and lay waste to formidable opponents as you learn to dodge, block, parry, and punish titans with the tip of your finger.

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Would the United States really contemplate retaliation against Afghanistan if it could realistically threaten within 30 minutes to lay waste to the rest of New York City via missile-delivered weapons of mass destruction and our President could do nothing to prevent such a disaster?

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Would the United States really contemplate retaliation against Afghanistan if it could realistically threaten within 30 minutes to lay waste to the rest of New York City via missile-delivered weapons of mass destruction -- and our President could do nothing to prevent such a disaster?

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This plays out in video games and fiction and comic books and movies, where we play as near-invincible soldiers, ninjas, or barbarians or read about super heroes or powerful wizards, or watch Chuck Norris lay bearded waste to wave upon wave of bogies.

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The project undertaken by the Kerala Highway Research Institute in India, where shredded plastic waste has been mixed with bitumen to lay roads, is certainly a good example of the former, particularly as the proponents of the scheme claim the road is stronger and more durable than non-plastic roads, although that remains to be seen.

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Indeed, not only is it impossible to prevent such flooding, but doing so would lay waste some of the benefits of becoming temporarily waterlogged.

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