Word: faded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...period of 1968. Considering that Russia counted 10,000 generals in its army at the end of World War II, the close deaths of that many of them a quarter of a century later was curious but actuarially quite plausible. Old soldiers, after all, do die as well as fade away...
...protect his name in history. He knows that impeachment convictions are not easily won: only four of the 13 high Government officials impeached in U.S. history have been convicted. Nonetheless, Fortas may decide that the better part of valor is to admit an indiscretion, assert his innocence and quietly fade away...
Sociologist Thomas Luckmann of Frankfurt University predicted that eventually the categories of "belief" and "unbelief" will disappear. "A particular form of religion, institutional specialization, is on the wane," he contended, and as it goes, the distinctions between believers and nonbelievers will fade. One type of person will then evolve his private set of ultimate values; another will find that he can express his best through one of the churches that remain. But Luckmann warns that the surviving churches must understand their true role: not to command belief but to help each person articulate his beliefs from within himself...
Personalities will fade into the background this afternoon, however, as the Eagles tangle with Temple College in an effort to win its 20th straight victory. The 19th win was a come-from-behind 73-61 triumph over Army Thursday night. Temple edged Tennessee, 63-58, to earn the right to meet...
...Walls allows one indistinguishable chapter to fade into another. The story becomes a deja vue recounting of yet another round of position papers, unsure negotiations, and Rudd's explitives. The magnified detail often amuses--the story relates solemnly in a footnote how one of the authors was mistaken for an SDS negotiator and was handed a piece of rope. He hid it, he records for history, under a pile of monographs where it was soon forgotten...