A tiny minority of Muslim scholars have recently suggested a prior Muslim presence in the Americas, although no pre-Columbian ruin of an Islamic structure has ever been found.
While good music cannot save a bad film, "even bad music" cannot ruin a good film, he said.
Not content with a clamping spree after the tax disc changes, the DVLA might be about to ruin the first few days of your holiday, too.
While it is uncommon for divorced men to send flowers to an ex-wife, Newt owes the former Mrs Gingrich a big "thank you" after her strategically-timed interview with ABC, intended to ruin his candidacy, backfired.
No 40: Alison Uttley's A Traveller in Time (1939) I do frequently feel that the modern world is conspiring to ruin not just my current pleasures (drinking, chocolate, eating pesticides) but also remembered ones too.
This weekend the Briton faces the prospect of financial ruin following the shattering news that the proceeds from her house sale – €181,000 (£155,000) – will remain frozen in the Bank of Cyprus as a result of capital controls enforced to contain the crisis.
There's a preponderance of bad-faith arguers launching tiresome straw-man attacks, sure, but even the well-meaning can ruin a conversation by barging in demanding answers to basic questions.
Many investors will have died in the 20 years since Polly Peck plummeted from the FTSE 100 to ruin faster, and rather less predictably, than Icarus.
"It will ruin it for her; they do everything together.
Granada rallied to ruin Deportivo's return to the top flight on a night when neither goalkeeper had a good day.
For example, Greek peach farmers face ruin as their produce rots at the roadside.
