Word: withered
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...just the big-ticket villains who wither on closer examination. Ted Bundy, one of the coolest criminal customers in recent memory, was reduced to Jell-O in the final days before his execution, sweatily offering up clues to his other killings if only the state would grant him the stay he suddenly, desperately wanted. Jeffrey McDonald, the Green Beret captain famously tried 20 years ago for the murder of his family, was the very picture of the wrongly accused man, until he took the stand and descended into whining and self-pity - pointing a finger with precisely the kind...
...ready to fight, but they're pessimistic about their chances. A White House victory would likely bring an immediate drop-off in the number of sites approved for Superfund status. But of even greater concern to environmental advocates is that the change will see the disincentive to pollute wither away alongside the Superfund coffers. After all, industrial polluters been kept in check by the threat of having to fund costly cleanups...
...Crewdson explains. When Gallo made his first appearance, AIDS had just started to hit the western world. At this point, scientists knew how to recognize the disease’s symptoms—they just had no clue what caused patients’ T-cells to wither and their bodies to become susceptible for opportunistic diseases. Homosexuals were the first to experience the leukemia-like symptoms: large lymph nodes, fatigue and weight loss. Then hemophiliacs, unbeknownst to health practitioners at the time, were also succumbing to the virus, infected by the blood transfusions intended to keep them alive...
Moderate Muslim leaders scoff at Butt as a self-publicist. But Zaki Badawi, principal of London's Muslim College, warns that "the idea that you can cut off the head of al-Qaeda and the body will wither is not going to happen." Ranstorp agrees. Though al-Qaeda's lair in Afghanistan may have been smashed, he says, "The snake has already laid a thousand eggs, which are hatching and slipping off in all directions." Foremost among them Britain...
...could use some streamlining, especially now that the Justice Department has one overriding mission, to prevent terrorism. But Ashcroft's plans raise plenty of questions. For one thing, if he reallocates agents and money to find future Mohamed Attas, other priorities--from civil-rights enforcement to antitrust efforts--may wither. Last week Ashcroft ensured that one conservative cause wouldn't be forgotten: reversing a Clinton Administration ruling, he allowed his department's drug agents to go after Oregon doctors who prescribe narcotics for suicide under that state's Death with Dignity law. (On Thursday a federal judge in Oregon...