Word: shrivelling
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...Helms message that carries the day, that would have major repercussions. The U.S. is the primary funder of the U.N., and without its support the organization will start to shrivel. A little shriveling, of course, might not be bad; the U.N. has distinct symptoms of blosting. But will Helms and company know when to stop? It's unlikely...
...much more designers can do.") Even the growth of multiculturalism can make hip more difficult. It's harder to feel genuinely alienated at a time when almost everyone can claim membership in some ethnic or sexual subnation, leaving the fearsome notion of an all-powerful mainstream to shrivel accordingly. All this could be called the Lollapalooza conundrum, in honor of the alternative rock tour and its organizers, who are always wondering what will make the thing alternative in a culture that constantly muddies the question. As Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell recently told an interviewer, "now the underground is like...
...start with a large fortune. For all its aura of romance, making wine is an enterprise fraught with woes -- both man-made and natural. Government regulators have been acting lately as if wine were as much of a health hazard as tobacco. Even in sunny, bountiful California, frosts can shrivel vulnerable young grape buds. Untimely rains can ruin a harvest. And periodically, vineyards are assaulted by plagues of voracious insects...
What about the behemoths who get out? "Most of them just shrivel up on the streets," says Lammers, who has 16-in. biceps and benches 325 lbs. Deputy superintendent Lev Baldwin thinks it's unfair to single out weight lifting as criminal empowerment. "What's the difference," he asks, "between allowing them to get big muscles or letting them do aerobics so they can snatch purses and run faster?" The inmates themselves chuckle at the notion that biceps are a crook's best friends. Says prisoner Philip Shaw, 31, who resorts to 1,000 push-ups a day when...
...been that if the cable companies didn't pay, and couldn't show Saturday Night Live or 60 Minutes anymore, their customers would rebel. The cables' negotiating threat has been that if they stopped putting SNL and 60 Minutes on cable, the networks'audiences and revenues would instantly shrivel...