Word: fades
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...summer months begin to fade...
That is the opinion of a broad array of scholars who said in interviews during the past two weeks that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will see its strength fade in the years ahead unless the tenure process is made responsive to Dean A. Michael Spence's stated aim of increasing the rate of internal promotion...
...film opens stunningly. A blue velvet curtain furls like a stage partition, and in the foreground credits emerge and fade. Bobbie Vinton's "Blue Velvet" wells up, and Lynch gives us a picket fence punctuated by fat red roses. We see random shots of Lumberton, the film's seemingly idyllic smalltown locale. Big-hearted firemen wave in slow-motion, houses and trees and citizens stand their ground. Then a middle-aged man has a seizure watering his lawn. The hose spurts above him with sexual abandon, and a mongrel dog lunges on the misdirected spray. Lynch follows this with...
...your memories of summer are beginning to fade, at least you can make sure your tan doesn...
...party's over now. Another academic year--the 351st year--has begun. And it looks like it's going to be just another year. The birthday party did just what parties do: explode in an enormous burst of glitz and fade just as quickly with no real legacy. There weeks from now, undergraduates will get their own weekend of celebration, but the main event--a gala ball--is sold out. While organizers are scrambling to accommodate more students, it is likely that a substantial number will be shut out from the festivities...