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Meanwhile, less enthusiastic tracts, with ominous titles like One World, Ready or Not , were being written by raving lefties (William Greider), who now saw the withering of the nation-state as deeply problematic.
word choice (a word like disgusting, for example, specifically invites being enunciated in a withering tone, whereas the more ambiguous revolting might not).
Having recently traveled to many of the places Applebome visited, I found his warm but withering portrait of Dixie to ring true.
No serious student of history can afford to ignore these well-reasoned and withering reflections on the perils of pseudo-scholarship."
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.