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Barnett’s consulting and ghostwriting services “dried up with so much of the rest of the economy,” with the pair relying on charity and programs like Meals on Wheels, as well as plenty of oatmeal.

And, she adds, with the contributions to society made by international students often overlooked, while their post-graduate employment options dry up, there’s growing resentment.

Schneider said the effects of water withdrawals can be seen in areas where native vegetation has dried up because groundwater levels have declined.

His own former theater company, Reprise, operated on a subscriber model, and the base of financial support to sustain it dried up, he said.

It was a warm October evening and the swaths of black mustard weed on the trail had completely dried up, leaving the towering stalks spindly and bare.