Word: fades
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...Cliffe was out to shake a second-half fade that plagued the team in its past two contests, and--according to captain Carlene Rhodes--it viewed the Brown game "as the possible turning point of the season...
...left, but gently. Too much left and you're in the woods. The ideal tee shot is a low, running draw that goes slightly left of center in order to catch a steep slope tilting toward the green, leaving you a two-or three-iron home. If you fade your drive to the right, you've got an impossible downhill-sidehill shot that is at least two club numbers longer. From the right side you can't hit the green, even with a three-wood, and you may bury yourself in the big fairway bunker. Because there...
...when many divas begin to fade, Sills is singing as well as or better than ever. Met patrons should be prepared to hear a great natural voice in one of the memorable debuts in the 91-year history of the house...
SOMETHING MUST HAVE happened in the early seventies, as Wolfe's subject matter began to fade out of existence and he started to worry about his place in history. Hence the anthology, proof for the ages that the new journalism was significant. And hence his essay, which was intriguing but also an obvious attempt to beat the critics at their own game...
...gets sick and lies loony and limp. He gets well. He and his brother rocket around town, crazy with motion. He hides, quiet, in the dark bed of ferns beside the porch, listening to the drone of grown-up voices; cigar ends glow in the dusk. His new sneakers fade, streak, scuff, and at last lose their amazing power. Pencils and notebooks appear in the dime-store window: school lurks. The porch swing is taken down. And the summer of 1928 is over...