Word: wilt
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...dean of FAS and now director of the Fairbank Center, wrote in an e-mailed statement that while the changes in circulation at Fung are of lesser importance, "much more worrisome is the diminution of [HCL's] services, capacity, and commitment" to the Fung Library's distinctive collections. And Wilt L. Idema, chair of the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, expressed concerns about the effect of budget pressures on HCL's ability to provide services, support research, purchase increasingly expensive academic materials, and expand and maintain collections. "A library is not a dead thing," Idema said. "A library...
...approximated family life exactly: it was mostly good-natured and often boring and centered on the most basic transactions of daily existence - getting everybody dressed and fed, cleaning up, keeping quarrels to a simmer, not a boil. Now and then - in moments that genuinely did seem unscripted - Kate would wilt, leaning against the kitchen counter with a cup of coffee and seeming, for the twinkling of an eye, as though she were allowing herself to absorb the shock of it all. But then she would shake it off, plow forward, harass Jon into making himself a lower-calorie lunch...
Chinese literature professor Wilt Idema said during the meeting that he was worried that as the working groups further define the “core” priorities of each academic division, the fields that “straddle the border” may get shortchanged...
That means that barring a swift and sudden reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions, by the end of the century an average July day will almost certainly be hotter than the hottest heat waves we experience now. And the extreme heat will wilt our crops. Battisti and Naylor looked at the effect that major heat waves have had on agriculture in the past - like the ruthless heat in Western Europe during the summer of 2003 - and found that crop yields have suffered deeply. In Italy, maize yields fell 36% in 2003, compared with the previous year, and in France they fell...
...Merkel is also returning to the international stage. After being seen as a major power broker in the first two years of her administration - Forbes has twice picked her as the world's most powerful woman - when the financial crisis hit, Merkel seemed to wilt, clueless as to how to respond. But now she is moving out in front again, showing that Germany is keen to play an active role in resolving international crises. Germany was quick to supply troops to fight pirates in the Gulf of Aden, and Merkel has been urging a cease-fire in Gaza...