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The American Medical Association agrees that Daylight Saving Time belongs on the cultural scrap heap.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis rescued the former Royal Canadian Navy support boat from the scrap heap for $34,000 after World War II and spent $4 million (now about $50 million) transforming the military vessel into a statement of postwar opulence.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
Breaking Bad Cast on Lack of F-Bombs on the Show — and How There Could've Been More
Rather than ending up on the scrap heap, Saul quickly became an integral part of Breaking Bad.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Winners were repeated at sister parks and losers were relegated to the scrap heap of history.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis rescued the former Royal Canadian Navy support boat from the scrap heap for $34,000 after World War II and spent $4 million (now about $50 million) transforming the military vessel into a statement of postwar opulence.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
Breaking Bad Cast on Lack of F-Bombs on the Show — and How There Could've Been More
Rather than ending up on the scrap heap, Saul quickly became an integral part of Breaking Bad.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Winners were repeated at sister parks and losers were relegated to the scrap heap of history.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrap%20heap. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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