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hurt impairment injury misadventure mishap need perdition privation retardation ruin sacrifice shrinkage squandering trial trouble undoing want waste wreckage development birth fortune comfort creation help benefit wonder triumph good fortune blessing achievement accomplishment gain boon plenty building assistance aid happiness attainment improvement favor advantage win success miracle good luck profit losses misplacement peace credit construction good abortive disastrous failed foiled fruitless ill-fated ineffectual thwarted unlucky useless vain hopeful effectual lucky useful successful profitable productive fruitful Losing Thoughts and prayers LOSing losings document evidence file history note report story testimony transcript almanac annals archive archives chronicle diary directory documentation entry inscription jacket journal legend log manuscript memo memoir memorandum memorial minutes monument register registry remembrance script scroll trace transcription witness writing comic 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