Word: faded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first half of the race, Harvard was still within a half length of New Zealand, but West Germany had moved up to press New Zealand for the front spot. And by the 1500-meter buoy, Harvard had slipped to fourth and continued to fade...
...live, Cunningham works hard to make his characterization more than the dull stiff it easily could be. He is, of course, helped out by the writing. Joseph Stein, the author of the show's book, establishes Niko quickly in the second scene and never allows him to fade from view after that. (As in his book for Fiddler, Stein never lets any character slip through his fingers.) When Niko finally forgets pretense, allowing himself to fall in love with the beautiful widow (played with quiet grace by Carmen Alvarez), the transformation is thrilling, as Stein and Cunningham have created someone...
...airlift runs a delicate course between the thunderstorms always encountered at night, and the radar-directed anti-aircraft fire which grows heavier as the storms fade. When he began flying for the outfit, it had six Constellations and one DC-7. Of the Constellations, one was hijacked and flown to Madrid; a second was impounded when it made a forced landing on Malta (when its flight plan said it was going to New York). A third crashed in the jungle killing all aboard, and a fourth was blown up in Bisau, reportedly by a South African...
Still, strains of Straus are unlikely to fade quickly, if at all. Jack Straus says that he has "no timetable for stepping down entirely." And there are more Strauses on the way. Among the real comers at Macy's is Vice President Kenneth Straus, Jack's son. At 43, he has plenty of time to step...
...since proved that he can work the fade to his advantage, and he compensates for his iron deficiency with a deadly wedge shot. Most of all, Murphy perseveres. Says he: "You can't switch around on the course because of what other golfers might do. You've just got to play steady and play your own game to make it. The way I figure it, this game is 90% mental." The other 10%? "The way you sleep," he says, "and your digestion...