Despite this book's striking subtitle, the culture war seems to be petering out, with the religious right far from victory.

Mark Petering, a 29-year-old studying at the University of Minnesota, was the composer.

Cohn-Bendit became editor of Pflasterstrand at a time when many 'rebel' movements were petering out.

By 2003, in fact, the movement seemed to be petering out, with the Pew Center for Civic Journalism closing its doors.

The Pogues began as a punk band in the late 70's, then adopted Irish music as the punk movement was petering out.

After a decline in the 1890s, the logging of native timber expanded into new areas made accessible by an extension of the railway, before petering out in the mid-20th century.

Once it became increasingly clear that the Communist threat posed during the Malayan Emergency was petering out, agreement was reached on February 8, 1956, for Malaya to gain independence from the British Empire.

Tonight Mr. Petering stood in the middle aisle with an official from the L.I.R.R., Sam Zambuto, who spoke via walkie-talkie to the train crew, which was standing by at the Bridgehampton station.

His memory was indistinct - a few details only stood out in odd clarity: listening to 'Palm Court' on the radio, followed with awful inevitability by 'Variety Bandbox', the last hours of the week-end petering out, wasted, joyless, empty; bed, and school again the next day.

But the bad news is that we clearly do not have enough Jaguar Land Rovers to build a whole recovery, and our rebalancing is now in danger of petering out as our most important markets are in Europe and the US which are getting into trouble.