Word: withered
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...Pharoah Sanders Quartet wore loose-fitting African clothing, creating an atmosphere quite at odds with the upscale Regattabar and its corporate clientele. Unfortunately, it was only the visual appearance of Pharoah's group that was striking, as the saxophone master's normally fertile musical imagination seemed to wither in the sterile Cambridge setting...
Pinsky's fresh, vital language doesn't wither in the face of Dante's infernal landscapes. Take, for example, the description of the myriad souls collecting at the river Archeron...
...case you didn't infer this from the subtitle, Poisoned Ivy promises a pretty big story. After all, few would believe mere mortals could ruin Harvard Law School. To make even the ivy wither from a monolith of such enormity would require divine intervention at the very least...
...every case, "ending" welfare will end up costing money -- mostly to create government-subsidized jobs for those who can't find other work. Since the law requires that any new government spending be financed wither by cuts in existing programs or through new taxes, all four schemes reach into current spending on anti-poverty programs. A popular target is aid to legal immigrants, with provisions for the deepest cuts in the House Republican bill and the Mainstream Forum bill (backed by moderate and conservative Democrats). Talent-Faircloth also puts a ceiling on all welfare spending except Medicaid, while the House...
...other proudly sporting purple and gold. The Crimson and Lampoon waged war on each other with fiery zeal. Thefts, kidnappings and public embarrassment were their tools in a bloody, century-old feud. The raw hate hovering in the atmosphere between Bow and Plympton streets made dogs howl and plants wither...