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There will be plenty of time and playoff games to determine which of the four teams is tops; it is too early still to know for certain. February bragging rights fade in March...
Then, inevitably, they began to fade. And fade. Only a seven-game winning streak to close the season gave the Sox a tie for the American League East crown...
...much too sensitive." Opposition leaders tried last week to play down the tactical brilliance of Marcos' selection of a running mate. "It's a sign that (the Marcos factions) are desperately trying to deodorize their image," said Assemblyman Joselito Atienza. "But like any other deodorant, it will fade away." Still, some opposition sources conceded that the Tolentino nomination was a factor in persuading Aquino and Laurel to mend their differences quickly...
...watered down into a wimpy voluntary national service along the lines of the Peace Corps. That would defeat the purpose of a national service in the first place. Like the Peace Corps, a voluntary service would be very popular in its first few years, but eventually the idealism will fade, as it does with most voluntary efforts. And like the Peace Corps, a voluntary service would attract the people who need it least--the open-minded, civic-minded charitable ones who work at Phillips Brooks House. The people who need it most-the ignorant, apathetic, materialistic ones--would avoid voluntary...
...votes were counted, the Akali Dal, a moderate Sikh party, had taken almost two-thirds of the state assembly seats, giving it a mandate to carry out a July accord with the central government to resolve long-standing Sikh grievances. No one expects, however, that the terrorists will fade away. "Each member of the new legislative assembly is now a target," said one key official. Still, the election provided strong evidence that the vast majority of Punjabis prefer the politics of the ballot to those of the bullet...