Across the emptying Great Plains, towns are praying that sun, wind and plant matter will stop them from withering away.

在那日益空旷的大草原上，许许多多的城镇都在祈求，太阳，风和植被能够挽救他们脱离灭绝的边缘。

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True friendship is not a rattan, growing up overnight, withering away in a day.

真正的友谊不是一株瓜蔓，会在一夜之间蹿起来，一天之内枯萎下去。

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True friendship is not a rattan, growing up overnight will rise, withering away in a day.

真正的友谊不是一株瓜蔓，会在一夜之间蹿将起来，一天之内枯萎下去。

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So where were we to find good news and inspiration this week, before giving up and withering away in the heat?

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It raised the status of the professions, by making them harder to enter, and it saved the liberal-arts college from withering away.

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But the first two industries started withering away because of cheap foreign manufacturers, and NCNB faced a bleak future confined to North Carolina.

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