Word: withered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trial for collateral damage that he sees as the inevitable consequence of combat. That makes people want to see him dead, but it may be the best reason not to execute him--to deny him his bid for martyrdom, to keep him earthbound and watch him slowly wither, not a hero to his cause but just another old jailbird shuffling around his cell...
...action faction. Their two-hour commercials for American machismo (Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Bad Boys, Crimson Tide) made stars of their young actors and quillions for S. and B. Then in January of last year, Simpson died at 52 of a drug overdose. The industry asked, Whither--or wither--Jerry...
After they heroically overthrowing a socially and morally destructive political system, Romanians need to re-learn the moral value of volunteering. If this is revived, especially in the souls of the young, the hope for a better future will not wither away as the value of volunteering did 50 years...
SEOUL: Knowing how quickly public disgust can wither a strike, protesting unions are sending their charges back to work--for free. As part of a "Day of solidarity with the people" arranged by the outlawed Confederation of Trade Unions, striking auto mechanics provided free tuneups in 12 South Korean cities, and some nurses and hospital workers set up tents offering free blood-pressure checks and services for the elderly. The confederation also promised that thousands of striking workers would hit the streets with brooms in a cleanup campaign, while others would help dig out remote villages snowed...
...grab the nearest item of modular meanness. Of course, not all coolster coinages are overtly fightin' words. Indeed, some affect affectlessness: Same old, same old; Blah blah blah; Yadda yadda yadda. But given the right nuances, indifference can pack a wallop: Yadda will outsnide blah, for instance but wither before the passive-aggressive champ (and Bob Dole favorite), Whatever...