| 单词 | corroding |
| 例句 | The main obstacle for the diffusion process being developed by Urey was its reliance on uranium hexafluoride gas, the detestable “hex,” which lived up to its nickname by severely corroding every permeable barrier Urey tried. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Shells, gas clouds, and flotillas of tanks—shattering, corroding, death. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z To some small degree he did succeed in further corroding Ayemenem’s view of working wives. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost— good manners, ease and beauty? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the corroding effects of such rule on the human soul that preoccupied him as much as the unbridled concentration of power. The Silencing of Writers in Turkey 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z But this does not cure the deep-rooted problems corroding our national broadcaster. George Entwistle: Media reaction 2012-11-11T10:30:05Z In the 1970s and ’80s, cities were reeling from financial crises and austerity measures, corroding “the very corporate and public institutions that were supposed to embody what made America great.” A Powerful Story of Coming to America, Finding Promise and Paradox 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Unlike conventional excavation, the technique avoids the risk of damage to corroding metal. X-rays reveal secrets of Roman coins 2012-07-09T14:24:04Z As attorney general, Kennedy approved the F.B.I.’s request to wiretap King and urged King to abandon the Freedom Riders, because their efforts were corroding the Democratic Party’s base in the South. King and Kennedy Weren’t Friends, but They Were Bound by History 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Democratic politics around the world is corroding in the face of an entrenched culture of deal-making and voracious demands by third party interests. How similar to real life politics is House of Cards? 2013-07-04T02:13:44Z For someone worried about marital corrosion, your guy seems strangely bent on doing the one thing with the highest percentage chance of corroding your new marriage. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Fiance is in�trac�table about changing his timetable on having kids 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Though the internet receives the brunt of censure for corroding manners, other elements of popular culture aren’t much more elevated. The Culture of Nastiness 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The subject undoes its own image, corroding the emulsion into eruptive spatters, bubbles and veils, skinning and pocking the surface. 'Light, Paper, Process' an inventive subversion of photography 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z You know when your kids can’t sleep, your husband’s night screams are keeping you awake and you can’t shake off that vague sense of gnawing, corroding guilt? From the time Trump's tweets disappeared to David Davis's Brexit diary: satirists take on the news 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z I know what it is to have contorted or corroding bowels. What Do Two Fires Have In Common? It Comes Down to Guts. 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Sorry if you think I'm being petty but, if she's going to claim that loads of comedies that people enjoy are corroding our society, she oughtn't to kick off with a historically inept statement. Homer Simpson isn't a positive role model for kids? Eat my shorts… 2013-06-15T23:05:26Z Harry, one of the lumpen pale men, works as a linotypist at Verity Press at a time when Verity and all the moral verities that undergird Rust Belt America seem to be corroding. Essay: John Updike’s ‘Rabbit Redux’ and White Working-Class Angst 2012-11-08T14:00:00Z Mr. O’Malley is a tone obsessive: he gets a warm, rounded, tube-technology sound in his noise and drone, and for an hour he carefully interacted with Mr. Rehberg’s shifting and corroding electronic strafes. Music Review: ‘Drone Activity in Progress,’ at the Knockdown Center 2013-05-03T21:54:26Z However, in this brilliantly absurdist film, Cash takes it too far and it ends up corroding his soul. Sorry to Bother You: is this the most shocking anti-capitalist film ever? 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z The information age might be corroding our political discourse, but the immediacy of the Internet has allowed contemporary jazz musicians to listen wide and deep, expanding their proverbial playing fields while reimagining the stakes. Review | How the Internet transformed contemporary jazz 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Not that I recommend ignoring her message just to let her twist — a healthy response is one you choose toward your own peace of mind, not toward corroding hers. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Childhood bully’s Facebook note has her clicking the ‘angry’ emoji 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Colonial and Art Deco architecture, once grand, now corroding. Cultural Cuba: an arts tourist’s notebook 2014-02-06T00:49:23Z “It can take years, and you’ve got these Japanese and American planes corroding away in the jungle,” he says. Inside Microsoft Mogul Paul Allen's Multi-Million Dollar WWII Airplane Collection 2013-06-04T14:00:33Z The 980-mile Ohio, meanwhile, the line between slave and free and more recently the corroding keel of the industrial heartland, brings more water to the party than the other two combined. 2010-01-07T18:26:00Z They brood about the corroding effects of time even as they squander it, and they are endlessly fascinated by their own quirks and miseries — no one more so than Ivanhov himself. Theater Review: ‘Ivanov,’ With Ethan Hawke, From Classic Stage Company 2012-11-12T03:00:00Z “Under the pressure of Trumpism,” Boot writes, “conservatism as I understood it has been corroding.” The Plight of the Political Convert 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It also reveals the ways in which race can be used as a diversion to keep well-intentioned individuals from clearly seeing the workings of white institutionalism that are steadily corroding human rights and personal freedoms. Solidarity with Black Lives Matter: Asian Americans speaking out against police brutality 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z A Dorian Gray in three dimensions, it bears sour witness to the corroding influence of money on art. Dave Hickey, Live at 'The Peacock Room' 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z He resents that they have been made “agents of a provincial form of fascism that was corroding and eating away at itself with the slow acid of its own sad, parochial stupidity.” Books of The Times: On a Fool?s Mission in a Dying Colonial World 2011-06-29T22:32:48Z Or some dislikers might enjoy their dislikes as a way to avoid their corroding certain relationships. Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z He spent three months cleaning all the eyeglasses in a vitrine, preserving their distressed state but trying to prevent them from corroding further. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, Preserving a Site and a Ghastly Inventory 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z For Castorf, it was oil, corroding political and social relations as it circulated through the globalized economy. Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z “The drip, drip, drip of grifting from Trump’s appointees is corroding our Democracy by undermining faith in our institutions.” Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z And salt water is aggressive too, corroding many metals. Could the UK's tides help wean us off fossil fuels? 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z And the salty water could stick around for much longer, potentially corroding the city’s lead-lined pipes. Battling a Water Crisis: Bottles, Barges and Maybe a Quarter Billion-Dollar Pipe 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z It has an unmistakable way of discoloring and corroding furnishings as well as the infrastructure of your home when it is allowed to infiltrate your dwelling. Will My Homeowner’s Insurance Cover Water Damage Due to a Leaking Dishwasher? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z In 2006, inspectors told the city the steel-concrete piles were corroding and suggested the terrace section be repaired or demolished, with load and access restrictions as an alternative. Workers hurt in Pier 58 collapse sue Seattle, say city job was unsafe 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Lead can leach from corroding pipes and other plumbing materials into the water supply. WA struggles to hand out federal cash to find and replace lead pipes 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z The Halos have become the municipal version of the One Ring from “The Lord of the Rings,” corroding the ethics and judgment of anyone who falls under their sway. Column: Anaheim, it's time to tell the Angels and Arte Moreno adiós already 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z "If you have ever placed paper clips in a cup of salt water connected to a 9-volt battery, you'd notice the water turns colour because the metal is corroding," he says. The US military revives an idea for stealthy sea power 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Forty years ago, steel storage tanks began corroding, setting off a slow-motion environmental disaster all over the United States. The hidden cost of gasoline 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The shift is also predictably corroding nearly every public good that Twitter used to offer. Column: Elon Musk broke what made Twitter great. It's going to cost him — and us 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty. Trouble looms for Indian grain that combats climate change 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The Stanford study adds weight to the perception that Trump and candidates in his thrall will suffer for perpetuating their con and corroding our system of democracy, and that’s a good thing. Column: There's a price for parroting Trump's Big Lie. Will Republicans care? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Promoting purely elective abortions in such cases only encourages men and women to flush away the consequences of their behavior, corroding human character. Opinion | What right is being celebrated in the South Carolina abortion case? 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The logic here is that the deposit is quite acidic and can shorten the life of the fireplace by corroding the different components of the prefab system.” Do you know fireplace safety? Test your knowledge with these winter tips 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Moraes said that during the election campaign “digital militias” had resorted to misinformation and aggressive hate messages that have been “corroding” democracy for some time. Brazil's democracy was attacked but survived, says electoral judge 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z "It was becoming more like Suharto's Indonesia, where it was corroding the foundations of the system." Xi Jinping's party is just getting started 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Worst of all, it is corroding holes in the city's pipes. How water has been weaponised in Ukraine 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z At this point, sections of pipeline have been exposed to the elements for years and are visibly corroding. Opinion | Why does the Mountain Valley Pipeline matter? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z One way to keep iron from corroding is to keep it painted. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z It is corroding MPs' confidence, I am told, in whether big policy promises can be kept - on levelling up, on the Northern Ireland Protocol, or on the hospital building programme. Partygate: How much political danger is Boris Johnson in? 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z If your deck was built using inferior fasteners with a paper-thin coating of zinc, they might be corroding as I type this. Perspective | Your deck’s weakest link — a collapse hazard 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z If your deck was built from fasteners topped with a paper-thin coating of zinc, they might be corroding as I type this. Decks’ hidden hazard: Collapse risk 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z “Part of the cleanup is to evict the sea lions that have knocked in the corroding front door, which will be replaced with a permanent titanium door,” she said in an interview. Terrible Tilly, Oregon’s Legendary Lighthouse, Is for Sale 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Without ventilation, which requires electricity, hot air forms condensation that rains down inside the building, corroding and damaging equipment. Perspective | One thing nuclear power plants weren’t built to survive: War 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z This idea then dovetails with right-wing ideas that liberal elites are actively corroding deeply held traditional values — including traditional gender roles. How white supremacy fuels the Republican love affair with Vladimir Putin 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z And a previous Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, excoriated Johnson in a no-holds-barred speech, saying the government’s disregard for rules and truth was corroding democracy and shredding the U.K.’s reputation around the world. Boris Johnson’s woes follow him on diplomatic trip abroad 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The Trump administration also set requirements to ensure water systems prevent lead in pipes from corroding into drinking water. EPA details push to tighten rules for lead in drinking water 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Flint’s lead water problem started when it switched its water source to the Flint River without proper treatment, corroding lead pipes. Michigan city on edge as lead water crisis persists 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The lead water problem in Flint started when that city switched its water source to the Flint River as a temporary cost-saving move without proper treatment, corroding its lead pipes. Michigan city on edge as lead water crisis persists 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The status quo is not sustainable, Trump is corroding American democracy with his unproven charges of fraudulent elections. Opinion | Don’t be afraid of the election audits — they may be our only ticket out of this mess 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The interaction may have caused nitric acid to form, corroding the valves and causing them to stick. Nearly two months after discovering a problem with its Starliner spacecraft, Boeing is still searching for answers 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Trump’s “big lie” animating the attack on the Capitol — that because he lost, there must have been fraud — is still corroding our democracy. Opinion | The Jan. 6 attack demands that we protect voting rights 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The action came after an engineering firm found “significant structural distress” from splitting and corroding steel in the 50-year-old building’s support columns, housing authority officials said. Structure problems force nearly 100 from NW Indiana tower 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z I still consider corruption a main problem of Russia, corroding the country, depriving people of a future and hindering any reform. Read Excerpts From Navalny’s Interview With The Times 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z According to engineering and architectural experts, multiple factors could have played a role in the tragedy: saltwater corroding the concrete and weakening support beams; a compromised foundation; or flaws in the building’s design or construction. Those missing in Miami condo collapse were a diverse group, straddling cultures, countries, generations and faiths 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z One theory is that the saltwater ubiquitous in the area, which is subject to flooding during so-called King Tide events, intruded into concrete supports, corroding the steel-reinforcing rebar inside and weakening the concrete. Report showed ‘major’ damage before Florida condo collapse 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z In March, it warned suppliers of risks from parts being stored incorrectly or corroding, industry sources said. Airlines urged to tighten Airbus A320 checks after COVID storage 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z On the other side of the divide are those who say his attacks on the judiciary, demonization of opponents and refusal to step aside are corroding institutions and Israel’s rule of law. Israel approves new governing coalition, ending Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Another problem is that Venus is a prolific destroyer of droids, whether corroding them in acid clouds or broiling and crushing them in its pressure-cooker air. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The nation's health system has not escaped the corroding effects of graft, with reports of funds intended to tackle the Covid pandemic being mishandled by officials at every level of government. Guillermo Lasso: Ecuador's new leader faces uphill struggle 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Using a sea drone, he documented dozens of corroding industrial barrels, scattered 12 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. Over 25,000 DDT-tainted barrels are discovered on seafloor off California 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Trump didn’t create America’s unequal racial socio-economic system or the divisions that are corroding a global superpower. Why comparing the Capitol insurrection to ‘third-world countries’ ignores U.S history 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The presence of contractors blurred the lines of who was official and who was not, while corroding any sense of rules and regulations. Trump pardon of Blackwater killers sparks outrage in Iraq 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Public health experts say the debate risks polarizing public sentiment at a time when misinformation and mistrust are already corroding faith in vaccines. Should a coronavirus vaccine be mandatory? In Brazil’s most populous state, it will be. 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z The original line was built in the 1960s and is corroding, risking an oil spill. A Minnesota oil company is bringing in a pipeline – and with it the risk of Covid 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z “The president was abusing his power, obstructing our investigation, and corroding the rule of law,” he writes. Review | A searing look at the Mueller investigation — from the inside 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z "The whole thing is a giant hand-wave to distract us from looking at the real solutions to climate change and the role Facebook is playing in corroding them." Facebook launched a new climate information hub. Here’s how activists reacted. 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z "One of the reasons trust in "science" is corroding is that so many of the people who represent it are partisan actors," National Review senior writer David Harsanyi accused the CNN correspondent. CNN's medical expert says 'source' told him '80-90%' of COVID deaths could have been saved by scrapped WH mask plan 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The Texas-based company says that to keep the line from corroding without the flow of oil, it must be filled with an inert gas, such as nitrogen. Judge rejects Dakota Access pipeline request to stop closure 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z You are the catalyst for our future generations to impact lasting change not only to your corroding country but countries all over the world, including here in the UK. This is just the beginning, I promise you: an open letter to Donald Trump | Liam Rosenior 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Political interference with that process will almost certainly backfire by corroding public confidence and abetting confusion. Opinion | The coronavirus gores Trump’s bull market 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Having made the case for friendship's profound genetic origins, Denworth pushes back against the hand-wringing assumption — widespread among some critics — that technologies like social media are corroding our most essential bonds. Exploring the biology of friendship 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z “We’re trying to repaint all the metal, keep it from corroding,” Reed said. Restoration of Nike missile site in Maryland continues decades after Cold War-era facility closed 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Urine is apparently penetrating and corroding the drive wheels and mechanisms of the escalators that carry riders up from underground stations. Mexico City subway escalators corroded with urine, causing breakdowns, officials say 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Somehow, urine is penetrating and corroding the drive wheels and mechanisms of the escalators that carry riders up from underground stations. Mexico City subway says pee causes escalator breakdowns 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z That moment sums up so much of what’s corroding our trust in consumer tech right now. Perspective | At CES, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are preaching privacy. Don’t believe the hype. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The city of Flint, Michigan, made headlines around the world in 2014 when improperly treated water from the Flint River began corroding lead pipes and releasing harmful chemicals into the city’s tap water. 'We can stop our children being poisoned': the fight for a lead-free Cleveland 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Parts of the underwater project are already corroding. How Venice’s plan to protect itself from flooding became a disaster in itself 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z That is also something about Hill that suggests an antithesis, if not a cure, to some of the toxins corroding her adopted nations. Fiona Hill rebukes conspiracy theory – and emerges as Trump’s nemesis 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The Watergate hearings captured a huge TV audience — 80 percent of Americans tuned in, by some estimates — and began the process of corroding Nixon’s credibility. Perspective | Why these TV impeachment hearings won’t matter as much as Watergate’s 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Despite 19th century composer Richard Wagner’s avowed anti-Semitism — he once wrote of the “corroding influence of the Jewish spirit on modern culture” — next year the L.A. Morrissey is anti-immigrant and backs a white nationalist political party. Why don't fans care? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It shows that Donald Trump is not just corroding vital democratic norms and conventions in the US. Trump’s deal with Erdoğan threatens lives across Europe – and he doesn’t care | Jonathan Freedland 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It also leads to metal parts of buildings corroding and the ground becoming unstable. Climate change endangers Scotland's archaeological treasures 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z By 1986 they were banned, but old lead pipes remain — and are corroding — across the country, especially in the Northeast, Midwest and older urban areas. How to address America’s lead crisis and provide safe drinking water for all 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z NOAA’s Friday statement infuriated scientists, who worry the Trump administration is corroding faith in research and data. NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank in London, says that while the direct damage from the tariffs is so far limited, the lack of clarity over terms of trade is corroding confidence. Best the G-7 can do for global economy: not make it worse 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Federal officials said the explosions were due to corroding pipes. Kentucky gas pipeline has history of deadly accidents 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Federal officials said the explosions were due to corroding pipes. Kentucky gas pipeline has history of deadly accidents 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z They would not project strength but rather show weakness, corroding the “professionalism and humanity” of the armed forces. Opinion | Trump's war-crime pardons would insult millions of service members 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z “The judiciary as a whole is corroding its own credibility,” said Mr. Hübner. Brazil’s Judiciary, Once Symbol of Anti-Corruption Drive, Now Faces Scrutiny 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z State utility regulators last summer approved Enbridge Energy’s plans to build a new $2.6 billion pipeline to replace the aging and corroding Line 3. Walz will continue appeal of pipeline project approval 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z More chaos will only harden the cynicism and alienation that are corroding our democracy. Editorials from around New York 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Port officials say he’s in charge of the port’s modernization project, which includes replacing aging and corroding docks. Alaska port official charged with trying to drown daughter 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The daily mocking and torments from my fellow students didn’t help, but it was nothing compared to the unending physical pain that felt like it was corroding my very being. How I found light at the end of the very dark tunnel that acne plunged me into | Simon Troeth 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z “The president is rapidly corroding the norms of civil- military relations that create the public respect for our military,” Schake said. With ‘trimmed’ sails, Pentagon heads into uncharted waters 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z White House corroding so much of the gravity and majesty of the Oval Office. Nancy Pelosi’s epic takedown: “As if manhood could ever be associated” with Donald Trump 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z To convince the president of the urgency, Mr. Cuomo sent Mr. Trump a videotape of the crumbling, corroding current tunnel, which carries 820,000 daily commuters and East Coast passengers between Washington and Boston. Andrew Cuomo urges Donald Trump to fund Gateway Tunnel project 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It has merely been evaded, eroded and enfeebled by the corroding effect of decades of industry pressure and ideological drift, yielding hesitant enforcers and a hostile judiciary. Opinion | Be Afraid of Economic ‘Bigness.’ Be Very Afraid. 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Air Force, a major concern was the possible corroding of civil-military relations — in particular, a growing gap between the military and the civilians who were supposed to control them. Why American leaders persist in waging losing wars 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z If the first half is the origin story of how Nixon’s meat-grinder brain turned corroding influences into tainted actions, the second is the outbreak saga: how a sickened America responded. Review: Torn from yesterday's headlines, Charles Ferguson's documentary 'Watergate' resonates today - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Cracks in the concrete shell let water in, and the steel began corroding almost as soon as the bridge was opened for traffic in 1967. Genoa Bridge Collapse: The Road to Tragedy 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The move was intended to save money, but officials failed to treat the river water with required chemicals that prevent pipes from corroding. After Flint, Watchdog Urges E.P.A. to Monitor Drinking Water More Closely 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z And you don’t build a championship around the corroding dysfunction of the Ball family. Perspective | Welcome to L.A., LeBron James. See yourself out, LaVar Ball. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z There, he proposes a TV show called “The Americans,” about the corroding American heart — this, by the way, is two years before Donald Trump glided down that escalator. Review | A gonzo tour of what ails America 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z In it, Wagner wrote that Jewish assimilation into French society meant that it was harder to see that "corroding influence of the Jewish spirit on modern culture". Wagner letter to be sold in Jerusalem 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The integrity of democratic institutions is under assault from without and within, and basic standards of honesty and decency in public life are corroding. Opinion | Vote. That’s Just What They Don’t Want You to Do. 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Those rules are meant to prevent especially lavish gifts from swaying government decisions or corroding public trust. 'Hamilton' tickets without the wait — or the cost? It helps to be an L.A. politician 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Neighbours said noxious smoke billowed out from the factory chimney, blackening and corroding the tin roofs of the shanty town; toxic waste leaked into a stream that ran through the village. Kenya's 'Erin Brockovich' defies harassment to bring anti-pollution case to courts 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z It perfectly captured the rotten little secret that has long been corroding Hollywood. Opinion | Bringing Down Our Monsters 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Courts have removed wide areas of jurisdiction from the public’s authority, corroding the ethic of measured majority rule that James Madison described as “the vital principle of our free Constitution.” Opinion | The Power of the Courts Is Messing Up Politics 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The sorry, preexisting state of Puerto Rico’s power system — an outside consultant last year judged the power lines to be “cracking, corroding, and collapsing” — clearly accounts for some of the delay. Opinion | The government needs to get its act together in Puerto Rico 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Many viewed the move as critical to eradicate the flagrant greed corroding society like cancer. How China's Xi Jinping went from administrator to authoritarian 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Critics say Vogel’s firm profits from a national problem — untraceable money in politics that is corroding democracy. ‘Dark-money’ superlawyer bills herself as advocate for charities in Va. lieutenant governor’s race 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Extreme inequality is corroding our civil society, poisoning our politics, and undermining our effectiveness as a nation. Opinion | Why Corporate Tax Cuts Won’t Create Jobs 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Driving a car that has corroding brakes, rusty steering and blow-dried electronic systems can cost you a life. Perspective | After the hurrricanes, watch out for the flood of damaged cars 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z In 2000, it was discovered that the urine was eating through concrete and corroding the stadium’s steel skeleton. Perspective | The No. 1 problem for football fans? Finding a bathroom. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Andrew Breitbart was never as interested in backing candidates as he was in attacking the media and entertainment industries for corroding American traditions. Down the Breitbart Hole 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z “That started happening with Nixon but that only happened in his last year when things started corroding all around him.” Trump’s tweets blindsiding advisers searching for clarity 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Twitter is a vast hypocrisy-generating machine that is corroding democratic politics. How climate scepticism turned into something more dangerous 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Today, these giants are struggling with competition that is corroding business from... So Long, Hamburger Helper: America’s Venerable Food Brands Are Struggling 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The overarching theme in all cases is that Poland is the victim of conspiracies and that foreigners, Jews and Muslims are corroding the proud Polish nation from within. Perspective | Happy Canada Day. Don’t get carried away with the celebration, please. 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z But over time, the formal exit of the world’s largest economy risks corroding global ambition. Let Trump claim a better deal on climate 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Each animal has been exposed naturally to chronic wasting disease, a killer that can lie dormant for years before corroding their brains with tiny, sponge-like holes. Elk and deer herds in danger decades after disease discovery 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z INCIDENTS: 10 reports of the bicycle handlebar stems corroding and breaking, including one report of an injury to a rider when the bicycle stem broke causing the rider to lose control. Recalls this week: heat pumps, off-highway vehicles 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z He, the women and other children filed on to a corroding Soviet-era bus smeared with mud, setting off on a dirt track parallel to the Silk Road. Osama bin Laden’s family on the run: ‘I never stopped praying our lives might return to normal’ 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z The chemicals in the box were strong enough that it was corroding, according to Counts. Sheriff adjusts to life after losing his voice 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z But officials say dwelling on such events is subversive “historical nihilism” aimed at corroding the party’s authority. Historian’s Latest Book on Mao Turns Acclaim in China to Censure 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z In Trump's mind, Clinton has been around too long with little progress to show for it and an abundance of baggage corroding her credibility. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Clash Strongly in Final Debate 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z And this is exactly the atomized mentality that is corroding America. Donald Trump’s mentality is divorced from commonality and citizenship 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z But the chemical remains easily available - a weapon of abuse in the hands of those bent upon ruining lives, corroding futures and extinguishing dreams. India's raped comic 'super hero' returns to fight acid attacks - BBC News 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Yet the public is entitled to evaluate the health of a potential President, and the lack of candor is corroding whatever trust Americans still put in her. Clinton’s Medical Mistrust 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Colorado is winless in its last four matches, corroding its chance of challenging for top spot in the West. Dallas beats Portland to extend MLS West lead 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Duterte decried another corroding force in launching his bloody offensive—drugs and crime. Strongman’s Legacy Stirs Passions in the Philippines 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Donald Trump’s toxic brand is corroding state Republicans’ chances of taking control of the Legislature. The ‘Trump effect’ is real, and it’s not good for local Republicans 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Many of the 1,300 stone and metal monuments are crumbling and corroding; a few are closed to visitors. National Parks in Peril 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Hell hath no fury than sun lotion sticking to your grips and corroding your ball covers. A golfer's 13 worst fears - Golf Digest 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Neighbors who resided even closer, who knew the family better, remain considerably more affected by the spectacle of the corroding, four-bedroom house. ‘Spy House,’ a Decrepit Reminder of Betrayal, Sits Empty in New Jersey 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Ken Starr needs to apologize for his wanton role in corroding our political infrastructure during his Inspector Javert-like campaign to discredit the Clintons and the Democrats. Baylor Fires Football Coach Art Briles and Demotes President Ken Starr 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “It is corroding community trust and making it harder for good officers to do their jobs.” Newly released bigoted texts from San Francisco police call cases into question 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Even General Motors stopped using the water at its engine plant because it was corroding parts. The governor who poisoned Flint: The GOP’s Rick Snyder thought he might be president. Not so fast… 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z The cancer of divisiveness is corroding our politics and the soul of our nation and if we don’t fix it, nothing else matters.” Debate rips open GOP wounds, and party risks tearing itself apart 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Workers at a remaining GM plant found their parts were corroding. Hopes of a turnaround in Flint jeopardized by water crisis 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Replacing these buried pipes would be costly in many cases, so chemicals often are added to prevent the plumbing from corroding and leaching lead and other dangerous metals into the drinking water. Lead pipes like the ones that contributed to the poisoning of tap water in Flint, Michigan, carry water into millions of older homes across the U.S. every day 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The reason was that water coming from Flint was corroding the engines being manufactured before they could make it out the door. As the Flint water crisis grows, we must demand more emails from Rick Snyder | Curt Guynette 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z What’s needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework. 9 Books Everyone Should Read, According to Warren Buffett 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The roof leaks, the pipes are corroding and much of the communication cabling is inadequate for the demands of the digital age. Pair of palatial fixer-uppers pose challenge in Britain 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z On the spire, the metal part of bell chamber windows within the gabled lanterns is corroding and the spire and its stonework is in poor condition, Historic England said. National Churches Trust names 40 spires at risk - BBC News 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Second, information is corroding the market’s ability to form prices correctly. The end of capitalism has begun 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z It is a policy focused on creating an even bigger, costlier, deadlier and more ambitious war in the Middle East than the ones corroding the region already. Lindsey Graham is a dangerous narcissist: Why his stunted worldview is such a threat 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z It was over budget and overdue, because the special effects crew had to constantly repair the sharks, whose metal innards were corroding in the sea water. ‘Jaws’ memories still vivid for man who worked on the movie 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z After a year, he took a different job, with more stable hours, for a company that serviced drilling rigs to prevent them from corroding. After plunge in oil prices, hope fades for group of long-beleaguered workers 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Liberals in the country’s wealthy western coastal cities worry about the party’s conservative, religious agenda corroding the secularism of politics in Turkey, which is an almost entirely Muslim country. Turkey’s Kurds find themselves on threshold of unprecedented power 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Today, the thing that is corroding capitalism, barely rationalised by mainstream economics, is information. The end of capitalism has begun 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Federal Highway Administration engineers found that steel “secondary” support beams were corroding more quickly than expected and “no longer meet load-bearing standards,” according to the Park Service. Memorial Bridge, symbol of U.S. strength, is corroded, partly shut down 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Some question her commitment at a time she is actively seeking to exploit the very loopholes she claims are corroding democracy. Clinton says she'd make Supreme Court picks aimed at campaign finance reform 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Though several feet distant, the constant spray infiltrated the absorbent concrete, corroding the embedded steel rebar. A 20-Foot Section of the Berlin Wall Will Return to Manhattan This Summer 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Continued delay, however, in tackling rusting or corroding support structures will only increase the problem and expense when they are finally addressed. With 61,000 bridges needing repair, states await action on Capitol Hill 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The problem is toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, which is corroding the pipelines. The Most Challenging Oil and Gas Projects in the World 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The Arlington Memorial Bridge was dedicated in 1932, and the corroding drawbridge was last opened in 1961, the Park Service said. Memorial Bridge, symbol of U.S. strength, is corroded, partly shut down 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z And it’s great at keeping cans from corroding. BPA Is Fine, If You Ignore Most Studies About It 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z There was no immediate crisis to point to — no bird eggs laced with DDT, no acid rain corroding city monuments. Climate Change’s Bottom Line 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z In some cases, shoddy disposal tactics resulted in soldiers suffering injuries after being exposed to active chemical agents still inside the corroding munitions. No, Bush was not right about Iraq: How conservatives misread new Times bombshell 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The story, Simon says, is tailor-made for showing how US politics now runs on fear and money, two forces that are slowly corroding American society. The Wire creator David Simon: why American politics no longer works 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Vulnerable to misuse and exposed to extreme weather, the city’s hydrants are decayed, leaking, and corroding. Finally, a fire hydrant for the 21st century 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The company will work on pipes used in Toyotas to prevent fuel from corroding them. News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z They — because we keep showing up, running filing season, and the place looks like it’s running; it’s just corroding underneath. John Koskinen Indicates IRS Revolving Door Is A Feature Not A Bug 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z In a few other spots, the water started corroding away the tank’s floor, but didn’t penetrate it. Feds: Holes in tank likely factor in W.Va. leak 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z State subsidies and guarantees are once again corroding the financial sector and creating new... The Civil Rights Act: Fifty years on 2014-04-10T14:59:08Z Known here as the "metal coffins," the corroding cabins creak along a metal pulley system that dates back to the 1950s. Extreme Commuting: Rusty Gondolas 2014-04-08T13:15:58Z It was Mr. Strauss whom Nancy Reagan asked to tell her husband, President Ronald Reagan, that the Iran-contra arms-for-hostages scandal was corroding his administration and that he had to make changes. Robert S. Strauss, Presidential Confidant and Deal Maker, Dies at 95 2014-03-20T01:57:12Z With faith in the country’s governance corroding and many Argentines wondering if their nation will become the next Venezuela, the prevailing approach to the commons is to bypass it altogether. Currents: Balancing Private and Public Needs 2014-01-20T17:10:24Z The quicker they roll off a power line, the less chance of it corroding - or freezing over. Waterproof surface is 'driest ever' 2013-11-21T03:17:22Z The current standoff is corroding public confidence in government — just as it did two years ago during the last tortured negotiation over raising the debt ceiling. Balz: It’s time for stocktaking by GOP leaders 2013-10-12T16:41:58Z Ashutosh Kumar, professor of Indian politics at Panjab University, says that “the bigger worry” is not the threat to national integrity so much as the inability of smaller states to withstand corroding forces. India's New State Is Born out of Political Calculation 2013-08-06T06:20:25Z He fears its cluster bombs could fall through the corroding upper deck and detonate the munitions below, leading to a blast that would "level buildings, burst eardrums and shatter windows". Explosive 'threat' to airport plans 2013-06-28T01:47:08Z No, the web probably isn't addictive in the sense that nicotine or heroin are; no, Facebook and Twitter aren't guilty of "killing conversation" or corroding real-life friendship or making children autistic. Conscious computing: how to take control of your life online 2013-05-10T19:00:00Z European investigators and prosecutors say Perumal has provided an invaluable window into the realm of match-rigging, which is corroding the world's most popular sport. Arrested Singaporean reveals match-fixing secrets 2013-02-14T12:12:09Z Still, Europol was right to trumpet that criminal gangs betting on the outcome of rigged games are corroding football from within. Column: Football must not make cycling's mistakes 2013-02-06T22:25:15Z Yet years later, worry remains that the remnants of dinner will become clogged in corroding old pipes, especially in apartment buildings that were not built with in-sink disposals — or washing machines, or dishwashers — in mind. The Appraisal: Garbage Disposals Are the New Kitchen Amenity 2013-02-04T18:34:32Z Shell's whole network of thousands of miles of pipelines, flow stations and pump houses is corroding fast in the equatorial heat and rain. Shell verdict will determine whether other firms could be tried for oil spills 2013-01-29T16:37:32Z A staggering number, but it doesn’t even include the cost of air traffic congestion, inefficient ports, electric power grid constraints and other infrastructure problems, from corroding tunnels to ragged train tracks. It's Time To Upgrade The Entire World's Infrastructure 2012-12-19T19:51:02Z During the shutdown, however, about 1,300 gallons, or about 4,900 liters, of seawater entered the reactor because of a burst pipe, and is thought to be corroding the reactor core. Japan Faces Costs of Closing Reactors 2012-08-29T13:30:01Z In 2001, DOE added sodium hydroxide and sodium nitrate to discourage the toxic sludge from corroding the tank. What's Inside The Suspect Nuclear Waste Tank At Hanford? 2012-08-27T13:03:54Z By rupturing their bodies, Neocapritermes taracua release a toxic chemical that sticks to intruders, holding them fast and corroding their bodies. Termite 'bomb' for nest intruders 2012-07-26T18:13:56Z But a jaded public expect few effective measures from the conference to tackle corruption, mismanagement and cronyism that analysts see corroding governance and competitiveness in Africa's largest economy. Insight: ANC promises ring hollow in home of South Africa greats 2012-06-24T10:41:30Z In all Catholic countries where ecclesiastical influences have been permitted to develop unmolested, the monastic organisations have proved a deadly canker, corroding the prosperity of the nation. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The use of soft water entails a disadvantage of another character—that of corroding iron and lead work, soft water exercising a very vigorous chemical action 165 upon these metals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Upstream, he noted, farmers are making decisions that are rational for their livelihoods -- using pesticides and fertilizer, for example -- and it's clear that those decisions are corroding the world's largest coral reef system. World Bank Pushes for 'Green Accounting' by Nations 2012-04-09T16:45:00.427Z It was the time when skepticism dealt only in the metaphysical or the emotional, and had not congealed into the far more enduring and corroding form of physical science. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z And the waste which falls directly from the train toilets is corroding tracks. India Ink: India's Decrepit, Unsafe Railways 2012-03-23T06:01:36Z Her blue eyes were inscrutably grave, but Clara saw a blend of lofty exaltation and corroding anguish in them. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z From much corroding care I should be free If I could once determine which is me. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Different corroding Liquids are sometimes used on these Occasions, Aqua fortis itself, and Spirit of Vitriol: but such Applications are highly dangerous, and ought to be excluded. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z Hence it is related, that the poison prepared by Antipater, to destroy Alexander, had been conveyed in a mule’s hoof, being of so corroding a nature, that no metallic vessel could contain it. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It absorbs the necessary water from the tissues, and thus it acts as a corroding poison. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Khamenei is demanding that Iranians show up to vote as a national duty, couching it as an act of rebuke to the West whose sanctions pressure is corroding their standard of living. Iran's Election: A Nasty Conservative Food Fight, While the Ayatullah 'Runs' Against the U.S. 2012-03-02T06:00:00Z “Because the corroding vats are in action, and one minute in that poisonous air would smother the last one of you.” Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z But besides these corroding vegetable Milks being procurable only in Summer, People who have very delicate thin Skins should not make Use of them, as they may occasion a considerable and painful Swelling. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z That ordeal was nearly overpast, but she would forget its corroding bitterness never! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The corroding gloom was still there, but lightened; no longer engrossing its victim as it had done. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Her fretted spirit would find peace--she would be freed from the corroding bonds of harsh humanity. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Maddened, she strove to pique him by excesses of abandonment under his very nose, and was convulsed by fits of corroding acrimony to discover how futile were her efforts. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z By coming here, I have violated obligations for which society will hold me accountable, though they pressed like prison-bars upon me, lacerating and corroding my soul. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z From thy auspicious shrine I hope a cure For the corroding pain that rends my heart. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z She disliked her son, yet it was his fate that was corroding her life away. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Courage, shrinking coward, and be thankful that thy corroding gyves will so soon be broken. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z But because I knew my friends would think it ridiculous that I could lay hold of power again by so inconsiderable a handle as Leon Griffin, I suffered a corroding resentment. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I was once more on the verge of corroding hatred. The Wrath of a Great Leader 2012-01-15T06:00:00Z I have tasted of the fruit—have found it bitter to the palate, and corroding to the heart. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z At its highest levels, the world’s top sport appeared to be corroding into corruption. 2011 Scrapbook: Memories From the Year in Sports 2011-12-31T22:52:01Z Wukan, with its clannish unity and big stake in rising land values, is an example of the kind of slow-burning discontent that is corroding party power at the grassroots. China villagers defy government in standoff over death 2011-12-15T12:14:30Z But it’s not easy to ward off the effects of a corroding public sector. Opinion: In Pakistan, Ungoverned Zones 2011-12-04T00:42:38Z Loaded with salts, the water tasted and smelled odd and was corroding not only industrial equipment but also dishwashers and kitchen faucets. The Fracturing of Pennsylvania 2011-11-18T23:20:16Z The sad revolving year has not allayed The poison of these bleeding wounds, or made The anguish less of that corroding thought Which has with grief each single moment fraught. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z As a prevention against the corroding influence of the salt sea winds, this dome is tiled on its south-west surface. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z At the east end, over the altar window, is a figure of Henry the Fourth, much defaced by the corroding hand of time. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z He could not see her face, but he sensed that she doubted him and that the remnant of faith in her heart was unable to withstand the corroding effect of a growing suspicion. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Each source of energy feeds off the others—oil companies were among the early adopters of solar power, according to Yergin, using it to provide the electricity to keep pipelines from corroding. "The Quest" for Energy Security: The Search for More Oil and Its Alternatives 2011-09-21T23:15:00.270Z Each investigator worked independently of the others, except that the same general method was followed; the time of exposure to the corroding action, however, varied in the different experiments. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z But even more radical than its size is the scale of its ambition: to reduce the inequality corroding India’s economic rise by digitally linking every one of India’s people to the country’s growth juggernaut. India's Way: With National Database, India Tries to Reach the Poor 2011-09-02T02:45:34Z The corroding spirit of the jungle was beginning to permeate through our flaws. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The main stockpile of mustard gas and other chemicals, stored in corroding drums, is at a site southeast of Tripoli. NATO?s next challenge: keeping Libya?s leftover WMD and rockets off terrorist black market 2011-08-23T21:29:46Z The country is fertile, and it is far from the Old World, with its sin, its sorrow, its difficulty of living, and its corroding care. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z The black drop of suspicion was corroding her mind. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The lay monk was a young man, on whose features lay the death-like paleness of a deeply corroding and inward grief. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z The only water obtainable was so brackish and corroding as to cause great mortality among the inhabitants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z His eyes were lowered to the sick man's countenance, and the thick black lashes veiled their grey-blue depths, but over the handsome face had come a subtle change, etched by corroding memories. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Scholars, meanwhile, worry that parcel taxes are corroding the state’s commitment to equal access in public education. The Bay Citizen: School Districts Look to Parcel Taxes for Aid 2011-04-29T02:11:48Z To give it such form that it shall be durable, under the action of the hot gases and of the corroding elements of the atmosphere. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z A rational plan of expense will save you from all these corroding cares, and will give you the full and liberal enjoyment of what you spend. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z Oh, but a hidden sin is a mean thing, father—a dwarfing, petrifying, corroding, unmanly thing. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Finally, if progressives organize independently, perhaps President Obama might do something about the stunning economic inequality corroding our nation, as he woos our votes to get reelected. Obama 2012: Let's talk next year 2011-04-04T23:05:00Z What’s needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding the framework.” Buffett Agrees: There is Opportunity in Japan's Tech Losses 2011-03-21T19:51:30Z He’s being paid by both McGuire Woods and Apollo Global Management to act as a corroding agent on their behalf. The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh 2011-03-15T20:53:00Z Nowadays, workers here maintain the corroding sarcophagus, monitor the radioactive material inside, and decontaminate what they can. The worst nuclear plant accident in history: Live from Chernobyl 2011-03-15T12:15:07.357Z You said to-night to your father that a secret sin is a corroding thing. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Besides you cannot calculate how much corroding rust is kept off, how much of disconsolate, dull despondency is hindered. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Trusting that ancient orchard's sainted roots, Whoever of the leprous apples eats Shall feel his faith grow darkened with a gloam That filters heresy's corroding sweets. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z But as with so much else, the process has grown more sophisticated, soulless and corroding. Sucker Avoidance May Be Step to Presidency: Michael Waldman 2011-02-15T00:04:11Z "Reverend and Respected,— "It is not your prayers alone, although of much avail, which we beg on the bending knee of sufferance, galled by the corroding fetters of slavery. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z She saw and felt that each one of his words fell like corroding poison into the soul of the man, whose heart was as deeply wounded as his pride. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z Another approved insecticide for scale insects is resin wash, which acts in two ways: first, corroding the soft scales, and second, fixing the harder scales to stop the egress of the hexapod larvae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Possibly, the biggest issue corroding the fabric of our nation is corruption. India alarm over 'rising graft' 2011-01-18T05:23:16Z Doubt shall for ever quit my strengthen'd heart, And anxious jealousy's corroding smart: Nor other inmate shall inhabit there, But soft belief, young joy, and pleasing care. Mystery and Confidence, Vol. 2 A Tale 2011-01-17T03:00:56.773Z To make lasting good in the literary game, one must be steeled to reverses—long, ugly corroding reverses. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Already the corroding influences around me had begun to tell. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z But China's spectacular addiction to cars is corroding any headway made by other nations. Asia's silent victims of pollution and emissions 2010-06-10T09:00:00Z Inside the prison complex, where corroding concrete cellblocks frame a desolate courtyard, inmates hollered, trying to wrench open the doors to their cells. Signs of Cover-Up Found After Killings in Haiti Prison 2010-05-22T22:44:00Z A prominent Jerusalem lawyer who often fights Israeli confiscations of land from Palestinians, he considered violence a toxin corroding his nation’s core. Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli?s Work 2010-03-06T17:39:00Z Wearily the thin, tall-framed lawyer came to his feet and stood erect and silent for a moment in his long, black coat, corroding into the green of dilapidation. The Law of Hemlock Mountain At such times he appeared fully to appreciate the corroding atmosphere in which he lived. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z And Tacitus, with the instinct of the tragic artist, has painted the steady, fatal corruption of a prince’s character by the corroding influence of absolute and solitary sway. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Though her voice evinces the corroding power of time, she is unquestionably queen of the operatic stage. The Story of Malta Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe from corroding care, Safe from the world’s temptations, Sin cannot harm me there. The Story of Our Hymns The corroding rust of forgetfulness will mar the most brilliant acquirements of science if laid upon the shelf of neglect. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Was I, too, become impregnated with the corroding influence of my environment? My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z For simple natures, devoid of a saving introspection and self-criticism, upon becoming unexpectedly successful easily develop an honest yet none the less corroding pride. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath But bitter corroding misfortune is not a school which develops good alone: it gives birth also to many faults. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. "No, no, 'tis not the nightingale, I feel a dire foreboding, The night spreads o'er her dusky veil, Our joys of love corroding." Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Is he an enemy who transfers us from the land of delusive dreams, the region of phantoms and corroding cares—to an Elysium of substantial joys and enduring bliss? Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution For the Roman slaves often laboured in noble toil, building temples which have defied the corroding power of time and which still inspire the heart with admiration and awe. Stand Up, Ye Dead The constitutional and religious grievances were the outward and visible sign of the corroding suspicions which slowly consumed the national loyalty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Those first corroding weeks and months of the war have left ineffaceable scars on the consciousness of the present generation. The Book of Susan A Novel He infallibly detects the corroding spot of selfishness that rots the whole fair-seeming cluster. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II This desideratum is often a blighting substitute for genuine affection—too often the corroding mildew of matrimonial happiness. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution She was like a young immortal eaten by the corroding acids of earlier experiences—raw with the vitriol of her deathless destiny. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole You could not speak to me; or, in a few words you dropped, I could read the bitter chagrin that was corroding your heart. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience There we see human nature in all its unvailed and degraded nakedness—the vile passions, the brutal coarseness, the corroding malice, the undisguised licentiousness. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 And the kind-hearted disciplinarian swung himself off the desk and departed, and with him nearly all the rankling bitterness which had been corroding Haviland’s mind. Haviland's Chum Had they not blighted it when he was a calm, trusting, loving man, searing his spirit with something more burning and corroding than the hottest iron—the sharpest acid? The Sapphire Cross If she had blazed in anger, even to the extent of facing an occasional battle royal, the corroding bitterness would have found a vent, and reconciliation opened the way to fresh tenderness. Lady Cassandra It was a very tall man, if, indeed, it might be called a man, for the gaunt bones were protruding through the corroding flesh, and the features were of a leaden hue. International Short Stories English Secret, knowing laughter, full of evil, full of triumph, and Stark was filled with a corroding terror. Black Amazon of Mars But when we consider the corroding influence of adulation, and the intoxication of unbridled success, we cannot but wonder at the relatively high level of moderation and self-control that Dickens almost invariably observed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" It had been splashed from the tank and, where it had spilled, metal was corroding rapidly. Accidental Flight It was not so entirely unexpected, for her jealous misgivings had been gnawing into and corroding her mind for some time past. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion She was unhappy; some secret sorrow was preying upon that fair bosom, some eating care corroding her very heart. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The buds of spring grew withered in his grasp, The thorns lay hid beneath the rose's leaf, Leaving a poison deeper than the asp, Long as the memory of corroding grief. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Only the cold, corroding uncertainty, the growing apprehension. Marley's Chain He drew figures upon glass, with varnish, applied the corroding fluid, then cut away the glass around the drawing. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 The weary hours of the day were passed in the expectancy of that brief season—the only respite he enjoyed from the corroding cares of his own hard fortune. St. Patrick's Eve If so, it was buried now, crumbling bone and corroding metal, under the mountain for all time to come. World of the Drone I told him, too, that her very beauty would not withstand the inroads of a sorrow that was corroding her heart He replied to me, and I wrote again. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The dark circles around the eyes attested the work of years of grief, bitter and corroding. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Here, then, was the corroding sorrow of his life,—the grief that left its impress on his stern features, and tinged with care the open brow of the brave soldier. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Resign your office, that the corroding canker may be removed from the breast of my country. The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts Its eight-foot iron fence, wrought in many an intricate design, formed a corroding barrier to the over-curious, while its spiked top challenged the foolish scaler. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Alone condemn'd to bear th' unsocial throb Of heartfelt anguish, and corroding grief; Deprived of what, within his homely shed, The poorest peasant in affliction finds, The kind, condoling, comfort of a dear Partaking friend. The Earl of Essex The morbid decadent aquafortist that is revealed in the corroding etchings of Laforgue is germane to men in whom irony and pity are perpetually disputing. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Like the Harpies, they smear every thing that they touch with a miserable slime, which has the effect of a virus in corroding, or, as some say, in scorching and burning it. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century The decks are methodically chipped and scraped of their corroding rust, ventilators are washed and painted, and all the deck-houses are cleansed of a coating of coal-dust which seems appalling. An Ocean Tramp The young Judge’s corroding pride in his job was written smartly all over his face and figure. In the Heart of a Fool It may be beneficial to use refined soap, once or twice every week, to remove any corroding substance that may exist around the teeth; care being taken to thoroughly rinse the mouth after its use. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) I see him impetuous, sprightly, animated, free from anxiety or corroding care, living wholly in his own present, and enjoying a life full to overflowing. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts It is not the old piety, it is the new faith; it is not the old worship, it is the new acceptance; not the old, corroding religious pessimism, but the new scientific optimism. Whitman A Study Bring, too, your every earthly hope, every mad ambition, 105 every corroding fear, and carnal belief; lay them down at the doorway of mine storehouse, and behold their nothingness! Carmen Ariza It may be kept in wood or glass, but not in metal, owing to the corroding action of the acid. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle They are like corroding ulcers in her side. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Every one knew of the corroding grief of Nellie Dawson, and there was not a heart that did not go out in sympathy to her. A Waif of the Mountains It has been objected that the iron would have a deleterious effect on the tissues of the graft, corroding them, or causing them to decay. Manual of American Grape-Growing Again he was befouled in the mire of material fears and corroding speculations as to the probable manifestations of evil, real and immanent. Carmen Ariza The corroding process must be converted into a healthy one. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Jealous rage consumed his vitals like a corroding acid, which reason and loyalty had no power to assuage. The Spanish Jade Madam, Let not corroding jealousy usurp Your Royal breast, unnumber'd ills attend The wretch who entertains that fatal guest. The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy It is also necessary to guard against anxiety and corroding grief: many by indulging these, have banished sleep so long that they could never afterwards enjoy it. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families And this gave rise to fear, a corroding fear that he might not do right by his God, his mother, and himself, the three variants in his complex life-equation. Carmen Ariza With the farmer there are no all-absorbing cares, no corroding anxieties, no vitiating excitement. Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 Is there any ruinous vice, any corroding sin, any festering moral disease in the land? Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Yet obstinately, all his flesh burning and corroding, as if he were invaded by some consuming, scathing poison, still he persisted, thinking at last he might overcome her. The Rainbow Or they may be dried away by some moderately corroding application, such as the milky juice of fig leaves, of swallow wort, or of spurge. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Caustic indicates the corroding effect of some strong chemical, as nitrate of silver. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions “It’s the fate of the Barnacle that is corroding Purt’s sensitive soul!” The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret It was not the patrician scorn, stupid yet not ignoble, for something hardly seen, hardly judged, merely felt as dull and insignificant; it was the corroding plebeian scorn for a suspected superiority. Amabel Channice I don’t want memories of violence to be left corroding and rankling in my mind. The Prairie Child Sour milk has a corroding tendency, and the well known effects of the poison of lead are, bodily debility, palsy, and death. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Live above its corroding cares and anxieties; remembering the description Jesus gives of His own true people; “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world!” The Mind of Jesus "It is this that is slowly causing your strength to ebb," he went on; "it is this acid which is corroding your life." Too Old for Dolls A Novel The conversation, with its pleasant assumption of untold wealth of power and travel and regal luxuriousness, burned its memory across Norma's mind like a corroding acid. The Beloved Woman Such, said he, did she appear, ere the corroding cankers of grief had blighted her heavenly charms! Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Wine must be deeply quaffed before that corroding poison can be washed free from the heart. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West If a theory of literary descent could be established, an illustration might be found in Heine's rapid transitions from tender sentiment to corroding wit, a modern development of the flashing humor of the "mosaic" style. Jewish Literature and Other Essays The dirty, smoking funnel, the low chimney-piece poured back into her lungs the corroding heat of the waist-high oven. Germinie Lacerteux Hunger has been fancifully ascribed to the sides of the stomach rubbing against each other, and to the increased acidity of the gastric juice corroding the coats of it. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life To live among men, and thus to be subjected to corroding cares and to the swaying passions of human society, renders the attainment of beatification impossible. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ He looks contented; at any rate, no muscle moves in his face, though envy may be corroding his soul. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" And lastly comes life itself, the great land and sea of people, England, Germany, France, battering, corroding, illuminating, a Goyaesque world. When Winter Comes to Main Street “You don’t mean to say you used the tin pans for any thing as corroding as tomatoes!” The Wind Before the Dawn Here, then, thought the young and impressionable minister, is the living result of two corroding vices; the man is a sot, but something beside the lust for liquor has helped to make him one. Ringfield A Novel Then at last all the corroding bitterness in her heart had gathered to a canker which ached ceaselessly, like a physical sore, in her breast. Virginia It is foreign to us because, as a people, we have not felt the corroding touch of decadence. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man And again: "With me no corroding resentment shall live: My bosom is calm'd by the simple reflection, That both may be wrong, and that both should forgive." My Recollections of Lord Byron Behind them were sheltering fronds, nectar, soft winds, mates; before were corroding salt, rising waves, lowering clouds, a storm imminent. Edge of the Jungle To him, the revolutionary movement was simply a solvent, corroding all the old ties because it sapped the old traditions, and tended to substitute a mob for a nation. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill For nothing is so pitiful and so abhorrent, as the worship of wealth, and the selfishness that eats like a corroding poison into the purer metal of the rich man’s nature. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath The duplicity of her old life was over; the corroding deceit, the daily torment, the hourly infidelity—all were left behind. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 A long time, and nothing in life is more corroding than habit. Black Oxen And dost thou ask what secret woe I bear, corroding Joy and Youth? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 And all of them tried in vain to fight down the hunger pangs that were corroding at their insides. Cum Grano Salis When its gate closed behind me it shut out the world and my corroding memories and discontents. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The monk, as is usual in such cases, came to the help of the convert, and received all the outpourings of that soul, as it stripped itself of the evil which had been corroding it. Spontaneous Activity in Education Many of them, amid unhealthy influences and corroding associations, preserve the white flower of a blameless life, and become the honored wives of respectable citizens. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. He had too many corroding cares, too many financial terrors, too many fears that the banks would break, his creditors fail, his stocks depreciate, to eat and sleep like a Christian. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World They seemed to be made of metal, for, though quite strong, they were covered inside and out with corroding rust. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West One of their punishments will be the corroding contemplation of the "ifs" and "buts" of their stupendous gamble. 1914 Oceans, mountains, and to a lesser extent, deserts, are fairly permanent even against man's corroding efforts. Gun for Hire The white race had not yet degraded them by contact with its corroding fringe. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Grief, long-standing jealousy, constant care and corroding anxiety sometimes tend to develop insanity. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty It was a very tall man, if, indeed, it might be called a man, for the gaunt bones were protruding through the corroding flesh, and the features of a leaden hue. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Many are the noble souls that have perished bitterly, with their tasks unfinished, under these corroding woes! The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works She seemed to see him passing through those physical dangers and corroding mental influences, a superior being of unalterable health and sanity, perhaps protected because of a grand destiny still unrevealed to him. Sacrifice The same fermented Juice degenerating into Vinager, yields an acid and corroding Spirit. The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. But to Mary's subjects it was a corroding humiliation. The Reign of Mary Tudor The officer sat with his long, fine hands lying on the table, perfectly still, and all his blood seemed to be corroding. The Prussian Officer This sense of splendid unity in which all the divisive and corroding elements of selfhood are obliterated has "to those who have been there" no refutation. Human Traits and their Social Significance Little did those who envied Austin his property and establishment imagine what a load was on his mind—what a corroding care was wearing out his existence. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook There is a corroding matter generated in the internal sore, and that runs down under the skin, and keeps cutting its way out at the wound. Papers on Health So sin, a corroding drop, a dark, deadly, vexing, torturing thing, fell upon God’s fair creation, threatening to inoculate it with a poison that should leaven the whole lump, and change its beauty into corruption. The Parables of Our Lord A particle of dust or the slightest friction will throw this wonderful timepiece out of order, yet we often leave it exposed to all the corroding elements. Pushing to the Front His malady obsessed them: it was in the air of the house, omnipresent; it weighed upon them, corroding the nerve and exasperating the spirit. Clayhanger The blasting influence of more than dramatic justice, or of corroding infamy, seemed to reach every branch of this devoted family. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. He insisted on being free, in the corroding fetters of resentment and scorn for men. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 3: Byron Although justice in a large measure pervades and so sustains the vast commerce of the country, many mean tricks insinuate themselves between its mighty strata, corroding its fabric, and undermining its strength. The Parables of Our Lord It does not pay to indulge in violent temper, corroding thoughts, mental discord in any form. Pushing to the Front These pots are placed close together on a bed of tan bark on the floor of a room known as the corroding room. An Elementary Study of Chemistry It was too dark to read, and they yielded their minds up to corroding despondency, and became sullen and morose. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Segregation implied racial inferiority, a "constant corroding experience," as Clarence Mitchell once called it. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 The first, on the contrary, go home, each with a penny in his pocket, and corroding discontent in his soul: their reward accordingly is less than a penny. The Parables of Our Lord In choosing an occupation, cleanliness, pure air, sunlight, and freedom from corroding dust and poisonous gases are of the greatest importance. Pushing to the Front He will degenerate into a weakling, crushed beneath the inevitable diminutive—Flossie; or he will build up painfully, inch by inch, a barrier against the name's corroding action. Gigolo But the symphony of the Berlin dawn is ours now, fräulein, and have done with intrusive memories, corroding reflections. Europe After 8:15 Impurity crept through his blood like a corroding poison. The Child of Pleasure Like the Harpies, they smear every thing that they touch with a miserable slime, which has the effect of a virus in corroding, or as some say, in scorching and burning. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Since the introduction of iron ships teak has supplanted oak, because it contains an essential oil which preserves iron and steel, instead of corroding them like the tannic acid contained in oak. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" There had always been a corroding grief to him in the thought that it was Felicita herself who had erected that cross over the tomb of the stranger, with whom his name was buried. Cobwebs and Cables Just how or where fell the first corroding touch he could never tell. Phantom Wires A Novel The preparation of a library well calculated to withstand the corroding tooth of time. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. I do not know him well enough to be sure that there is truth and true affection, or only rancour and corroding disappointment at the bottom of his chagrin. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle "Never more Shall hope's bright chain be gathered from the dust, And, re-united, glitter as before, Strong and unsullied by corroding dust." The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans Happy day! when the man bent under the heavy load of oppressive labor and corroding care, may take the rest which the Maker of his frame intended for him, from the very beginning. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside A sickening smell of burning paint, mingling with the subtler gaseous odors of the corroding metal, filled the little dungeon. Phantom Wires A Novel Physical courage which the negro shows largely in common with other races has its trophies blazoned in marble and brass only to crumble beneath the corroding tooth of time. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro All these months there have been no tears for him—none, except miserable little corroding tears of rage and shame. A Certain Rich Man Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe from corroding care, Safe from the world's temptations, Sin cannot harm me there. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Such a belief, fully realized, would soon relieve most of us from the fretting cares and corroding anxieties that arise from our "taking thought" about things we cannot control. Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword For underneath all the natural beauty of Monaco Durkin had been continuously haunted by the sense of something unclean and leprous and corroding. Phantom Wires A Novel The ennui of unused powers and corroding heart-hunger had made the Princess old before her time. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters He did not speak of the things that were corroding his heart, but he sat by and heard himself chatter his diabolic creed as a drunkard watches his own folly. A Certain Rich Man Every expenditure of time which is a waste is a payment of interest, a corroding, double-acting agency of evil to your welfare. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future But to some parents it seems mysterious that such deep, constant, corroding anxiety should be their allotment. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 He tried to steady himself and realize it; it ate into his heart like corroding acid. Princess Perhaps it is only fair to suppose that his long years of suffering, both from his physical condition and from the unscrupulous attacks of his enemies, had had a corroding effect upon his moral sensibilities. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry The pleasure, however, of this unexpected honour from the Grand Signior, was insufficient to preserve the susceptible heart which it covered, from corroding cares, and painful anxieties, for his country and his friends. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 What was the leprosy of those men of old, to the corroding infection of SIN, which had for so many weary years diseased and defaced his spirit? May Brooke Caustic, burning, corroding: a term applied to substances which eat away and burn any thing with which they are brought in contact. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. He mistrusts this wit because he finds it "corroding and disintegrating"; but he makes the comparison with that casual assurance which is a feature of American criticism. Americans and Others There is a kind of "moralic acid," as Nietzsche styles it, which is corroding the strength of humanity in our modern day. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Why did not this base Plebeian, anterior to his giving publicity to the tartaric nausea that rankled at his gloomy heart, forward the corroding philippic, and bid defiance to my contradiction? The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Is there no rankling anxiety—no project of ambition—no bitter recollection corroding your heart? The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Osborne is a misanthropical politician, who cuts with the most corroding pen that ever rottened a man's name. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Her letters pleased me; they testified a deep, but not a selfish or corroding grief—a power of exertion, and a disposition to hope and be cheerful. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827 We will show you the fever and the heartache, the corroding care and the panting labor which oppress life in Paris. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 The anodyne draught of oblivion, thus drugged, is well calculated to preserve a galling wakefulness, and to feed the living ulcer of a corroding memory. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) In all the self-sacrifice she had practised, because she thought he could not bear to hear the truth, she saw now nothing but one long corroding lie. The Pilot and his Wife He acted like a man who had a corroding sorrow in his heart. Children of the Market Place There is assuredly no society where the members are more generally free from those corroding cares and anxieties which 'weigh upon the hearts' of men whose incomes are precarious, and position in the world uncertain. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official All the belligerent nations have already demonstrated that neither urban life, nor the factory system, nor yet corroding luxury has caused in them any physical or moral deterioration which interferes with their fighting capacity. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Even in the Cardinal sketches there is nothing that leaves an acrid after-taste, nothing corroding—as there is not seldom in the stronger and sterner short stories of Maupassant. Parisian Points of View It is more damaging and corroding in its effects than most of the evil habits which are usually described by that term. Success (Second Edition) And dost thou ask what secret woe I bear, corroding joy and youth? Lewie Or, The Bended Twig This sum was of course inadequate even for her own needs and she was constantly filled with a corroding worry for “the folks at home.” A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil From snobbishness, the corroding vice of English society, he was, though he once jocularly charged himself with it, entirely free. The Life of Froude It kept his heart from corroding, or becoming entirely cold. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue These latter were engraved on the palms of his hands, and written with corroding ink on the fleshly tables of his heart. Lancashire Idylls (1898) For five years he had lived in a fool's paradise, a corroding dream. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories The corroding years did not act as acid upon it. Flames A curious halo of the ideal—of things set above the corroding touch of time or fortune—surrounded the old man forgotten of his world, and the patient wife, content in her one frail possession. Max His trusty war-horse had become used to the carriage-pole, and the keen Toledo blades were drawn from their scabbards only when they were to be oiled to prevent the rust from corroding them. The Nameless Castle But what more than all beside was gnawing at its vitals was the rivalries by which it was distracted, the corroding suspicion and distrust in which each of its members lived. The Downfall A great sorrow at one stroke purchases a redemption from all petty troubles; it sinks all trivial annoyances into nothingness, and grants the man lifelong freedom from all petty, corroding cares. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women The outlook on life is generally bright and cheerful, and there is hardly any trace of that corroding pessimism which meets us in later literature. Stories from the Odyssey But a precious odor breathed from the casks, and the corroding capsules confessed the mighty powers that lurked within. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy At one fell stroke all petty annoyances and corroding cares are sunk into nothingness. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors He never sought to unbosom himself to me; there appeared to be a settled corroding anguish in his bosom that neither could be soothed "by silence nor by speaking." Tales of a Traveller Memory will echo long the silvery chime Of such a voice as even ruthless Time Might stay his stride to listen to, and spare From the corroding touch. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891 The hopeless passion ran like a corroding poison through the inflammable tissue. Six Women I was very much depressed, for I saw no means of repairing the corroding injury I dreaded to our national position from a timorous policy, unless by picking quarrels clumsily and seeking them artificially. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle No grief in the world was ever freer from the corroding drop of bitterness—was ever sweeter, holier, and more hopeful than this of yours must be. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) How biting, how corroding, how destructive to life some poisons are, working speedily, suddenly, awfully. Quit Your Worrying! All that you invest wisely in men is stored up against any violence or craftiness of thieves and any corroding of rust. Quiet Talks with World Winners The corroding influence of Darwinism has spread as the doctrine has been increasingly accepted. In His Image This can be prevented by placing pieces of steel pens or steel wire in the ink, which will absorb the acid and prevent it from corroding the pens. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Does she not prescribe proper liquids and draughts to absorb and take off the edge of the corroding poison? Trial of Mary Blandy O the corroding, torturing, tormenting thoughts, that disturb the brain of the unlucky wight who must draw upon it for daily sustenance! Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) She had endured six months of corroding homesickness and constant fear, when Mr. Noble came to her rescue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 And there was not a thing or a person within reach that could offer an antidote to the self-contempt corroding his soul's integrity. The Soul of a Child Strongly alkaline as that water was, corroding to the mouth and nauseous to the taste, still the refugees were clinging to it. The Flying Legion The sense of expectancy was so overwhelming that it completely paralyzed every other faculty within him, and Editha's searching eyes seemed like a corroding acid touching an aching wound. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk I caught him one day looking out at my window with corroding envy in every lineament. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 If you but knew the lonely, corroding misery of those born to a station above the reach of real human sympathy, you would not envy, you would pity them. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy With each day the torture increased, the soreness of his heart became more corroding and painful. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel There she pined in the sickness of hope deferred, in the corroding anguish of dread uncertainty, for a space as wide as that between the baptismal font and presentation at Elizabeth’s court. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's To thy unhappy courts a lonely guest I come, corroding Melancholy, where, Sequester'd from the world, this woe-worn breast May yet indulge a solitary tear! Poetic Sketches A Greek physician is said to have copied it into his book of diagnoses "as a compendium of all the symptoms of corroding emotion." Primitive Love and Love-Stories It had a corroding mineral scent, and must have been digged, I think, out of the bowels of the surely not harmless earth. The Silent Isle Bertram felt that a deep grief was corroding Gotzkowsky's life—a grief whose destructive influence was greater because he avoided the expression of it, and sought no relief nor consolation by communicating it to others. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel There is such a thing as a corroding silence.... The Blood Red Dawn She had loved it secretly, with a sort of shame, with a corroding passion and incredulity and despair. The Three Brontës Criticism of ourselves and everything else is corroding our active power; we have no stable basis, no point of issue, no faith in life. Without Dogma The domestic relations of the André family were ever peculiarly tender and affectionate; and in the loss of its head the survivors confessed a great and a corroding sorrow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 We must receive them for what they are, with the corrodings and changes of time upon them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 There was no doubt that a corroding influence was eating out the simplicity of the old life of the quarter. The Blood Red Dawn Distant sails, waning sails, Waft me to some shore Where corroding care prevails Never, nevermore! Poems The cabman, short and broad, eyed him with his fierce little eyes that seemed to smart in a clear and corroding liquid. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale It is curious to find how the minute particles of gold, being scattered about and not corroding, at last accumulate in some quantity. The Voyage of the Beagle This disease of business would be corroding you and marring you all the time. Burning Daylight It is also powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood, clothing, etc. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S She alternately considered ways of leaving Kennicott, and remembered his virtues, pitied his bewilderment in face of the subtle corroding sicknesses which he could not dose nor cut out. Main Street And Susan was still in the first flush of the joy of escape from the noisome prison whose poisons had been corroding her, soul and body. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Yet a shadow upon youth is always more moving than the shadows of maturer years—those shadows that do not lie upon the surface but are heavy and corroding stains. The Grain of Dust And then again came the corroding doubt: "Was it for him, for him…." The Indian Lily and Other Stories Only the arches which supported the vaulted roof of the chapel had resisted the corroding influence of time. Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish Mrs. Kramer is simply average, with the tenacity and the corroding power of the average. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Thursday, Friday, and Saturday passed, and George was still the victim to anxiety and corroding care. Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City Out upon the tempest of anger, the acrimonious gall of fretful impatience, the sullen frost of louring resentment, or the corroding poison of withered envy! The Letters of Robert Burns I heard of parents who, by reason of this corroding fear, had denounced their children to the torment and children their parents. Martin Conisby's Vengeance The quick decay of my very small inheritance lay corroding at my heart, and prompted me to a thousand different schemes, without the power of determining me to any. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor But on January 23, 1883, Doré died, prematurely aged and broken down by grief, corroding disappointment and quite frenzied overwork and ambition. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" This is a rather indefinite term, as applied to the diseased ear of a dog; in fact, any malignant corroding sore may be called a canker, no matter where situated. The Dog It rankles at my heart, and lies there corroding, biting, festering, night and day. Anna St. Ives Is it reserved for the Government of 'free, happy America,' in the midst of examples like these, to be fastening corroding chains upon human beings? Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men To Juvenal it falls to denounce the triumph of these corroding influences. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal A fortnight before, Sir Oswald would have flung such a letter as this away from him with indignant scorn; but the poison of suspicion had done its corroding work. Run to Earth A Novel In the very midst of her happiness, therefore, there was always this corroding care, this remorseful sense of wrong-doing. The Golden Calf In short, had not the saving hand of art interposed, this, and other monuments of the transcendent powers of the Italian school, marked by the corroding tooth of Time, would soon have entirely perished. Paris as It Was and as It Is Their machinery is driven by a hundred horse-power engine, and four hundred corroding pots are run. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men She would rather have suffered anything than that slow suspense, that corroding anxiety, that metaphysical dryrot in which heart and mind seemed to decay under an insufferable torture. Lady Audley's Secret That softness and sweetness of air which had first touched the heart of Content was still to be seen, though it existed amid the traces of a constant and a corroding grief. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish To break fell Tyranny's corroding chain, From Woe's wan cheek to wipe the bitter tears, Ye Years, again roll round! The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes But love and pleasure without work are corroding. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency Indolence and selfishness, the moth and rust of Character, are corroding and devouring the delicate organization of the internal man, which can retain the wholeness and brightness of its powers only by constant use. The Elements of Character He looked disreputable to the last degree, but still had a ruined air of good society glimmering about him, like a few specks of polish on a sword-blade that has lain corroding in a mud-puddle. Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches The very dew of Heavenly Bliss would be corroding poison to a godless spirit. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah We shall be strong and unwearied, freed from corroding cares and exhausting rebellions, which take far more out of a man than any work does. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII People do the best by others when full confidence is given, and even if the confidence should be misplaced, it would be better than to suffer from this corroding emotion at all times. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency Indolence is a rust, corroding and dulling all our faculties; earnestness, a vitalizing force, quickening and brightening them. The Elements of Character But the worst of it was that the home was simply destroyed by the corroding influence of these ideas. Shallow Soil They displayed openly, with bluntest realism, all the evils that were corroding the system of their antagonists. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) At this point in the conversation, Mary Burke gave voice once more to her corroding despair. King Coal : a Novel Plank sat inert, the corroding echo of the words clattering in his ears. The Fighting Chance He had been twice married, and the unfortunate women subjected to his power, had fallen victims to the slow but corroding hand of sorrow. A Sicilian Romance |
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