Word: withering
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...engine of radical democratization. The citizens of the Texas billionane's cybersepublic Would communicate their opinions to the president via PC and modem. The case with which bailots could be case and counted would render representative government in its present form obsolute and the Washington power slite would wither perot's plan would transform the landscape of American politics...
Western diplomats believed that the process would wither the Khmer Rouge's power. What they failed to predict was the communists' ability to finance their own arms purchases from the sale of timber and gems in areas they control along the border with Thailand, which with Thai assistance they have savagely pillaged at great cost to the environment. The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on the Khmer Rouge, to little avail...
...form of sugar. And the major source of glucose in a starving body is protein. The first proteins to go are digestive enzymes in the stomach, pancreas and small intestine and nutrient-processing enzymes in the liver, no longer of much use anyway. Then the muscles begin to wither away, giving limbs a sticklike appearance...
...logic prevails, the Crimson should not have too much trouble advancing past Princeton to the final against wither Virginia or Maryland (which play in the 4 p.m. game) But no one expects anywhere near the blowout Harvard recorded six weeks...
...convincing enough, there are some compelling political ones. The countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union now groping toward economic liberalism covet GATT membership as a way to reinforce market-oriented reforms ) and to win foreign investment. It would be unfortunate for GATT to wither and die just as these countries are joining...