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Good reviews, for the most part, for the autobiography of one of hip-hop's most successful artists: "An amusing, contemplative memoir" that paints "a surprisingly humanistic portrait" of the crack dealer turned platinum-selling musician ( Kirkus Reviews ). The tales of his misspent youth and rise to fame are "eloquently told" (Michael Harris, the Los Angeles Times ). One reviewer splits from the pack and delivers a withering pan: "[T]he ability to sell a lot of records has almost nothing to do with insight or maturity.
Campaigns are self-correcting: If Bradley gets close enough to be a real challenge to Gore, he will be subject to the same withering fire that Gore faces.
She is the master of the withering remark and is hypercritical of nearly everything I do or say.
Many of these regulations have come under withering scrutiny in recent years by right-wing think tanks, conservative editorial pages, and Republican members of Congress.
With flora everywhere withering and browning, carefully tended, thriving marijuana plants stick out like sore green thumbs.