Word: wilting
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...large family was more than distasteful to us. ... You are going to be surprised and probably shocked to find how many followers of Jesus Christ bitterly dislike, if they do not actively hate, the mother of the Savior. . . . May we hope that because of your picture there wilt be reawakened in the hearts of this modern age, which conspires against the entrance of children into the world, a sense of the beauty of the Madonna...
...losing battle that Wes Fesler's Varsity hoop men waged Wednesday night against the Dartmouth Indians was a great one; the small Crimson five literally fought the vaunted invaders off their feet and refused to wilt throughout 40 minutes of bruising basketball. Defeat came only because the Big Green carried too many physical guns for Charley Lutz and his Harvard gamesters...
...great, deal that can be said for the twelve other solous who gave their considered approval and dragged after Mickey like the tail after a kite. One can laugh at Mickey because he has his points, but in the face of the rest one can only wilt and wonder. Professor Chafee over at the Law School summed up the whole case when he stated: "This is the best argument offered thus far for Plan...
...weather: "My shoes in the wardrobe are wet, my clothes on their hangers wilt, the cough drops melt in the corked bottle, and the envelopes in the desk all seal themselves." Of servants there were five, among them a little native boy, one of whose chief duties was "to stand with his small bare feet apart and whistle fuzzily." Of household pets there were swarms, domestic and wild...
...weeks ago. Friends who later stopped into the president's office to wish him well found nothing there but great baskets of flowers. Pacing up & down his cubbyhole next door, President Engel explained: "I can't work around these flowers. I'll move in when they wilt...