In the introduction to William deBuys» recent book «A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest,» Jonathan Overpeck, a climate scientist who co-directs the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona, says: «Climate change will produce winners and losers, and those in the Southwest will be losers. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
At the same time one needs, more carefully than is usually done, to inquire what physical or social causes of nerve strain may in turn be causing this spiritual aridness. (religion-online.org)
The trio of Portman, Edgerton and McGregor fair the best and each of them succeed in overcoming the dryness aridness of the writing. (digitalshortbread.com)