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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.
Having recently traveled to many of the places Applebome visited, I found his warm but withering portrait of Dixie to ring true.
She is the master of the withering remark and is hypercritical of nearly everything I do or say.
In part, this may be because Frum is a bit of a snob; practically the only argument in the book that strikes Chatterbox as truly passionate is Frum's withering denunciation of the old-line northern Protestant sects for failing, in trying to make Christianity more "relevant," to attract new members.
Arriving on the coast in 1527, Montejo’s forces were hindered by the dense jungle and withering climate, and were met by fierce resistance from the natives.