11.   The disease is destroying entire villages, but beyond that it is robbing these countries of a whole generation of potentially productive people.

12.   The disease destroys the insulation needed to protect and transmit impulses around nerve fibers in the spinal cord, brain and optic nerves.

13.   The disease progressively destroys motor neurons to the point where patients can no longer breathe or swallow on their own.

14.   The disease destroys the brain and is invariably fatal.

15.   The disease is destroying entire villages, but beyond that is robbing these countries of a whole generation of potentially productive people.

16.   The disease usually destroys the kidneys, then the heart.

17.   Mad cow disease destroys the brain, causing infected animals to act in bizarre ways.

18.   The disease destroyed his liver.

19.   The disease progressively destroys memory and eventually, the ability to care for oneself.

20.   The disease has destroyed thousands of acres of Southern California vines and spread north at the end of last year.