Word: fading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...constant juxtaposition of styles would have worked less smoothly without Meyer's capable cast. David Warner creates a fine Stevenson: tightly disciplined, revealing his menace only through eyes that constantly shift and smiles that fade too quickly. Malcolm McDowell gives a broader performance as the warmer, more human Wells; from his wide-eyed appraisal of a Hare Krishna troupe to his relief at recognizing tea on the menu of "that Scottish place" MacDonald's, his visionary inventor is quite appealing. He perpetually exhibits what Amy calls a "little-boy-lost look", aided by his slight figure that contrasts nicely with...
...have returned to shopping centers and auto showrooms. Reflecting this consumer boomlet, the Commerce Department guesstimates that the economy may have actually grown at an annual rate of 1% in the third quarter. But in the fourth quarter, which begins this week, the brief spending splurge is expected to fade, and the pace of business will slow sharply...
...been wrestling with the dynamic connection between his audience and his music ever since he wrote My Generation. One, indeed, is the life's blood of the other. Early songs like My Generation (with its stuttered chorus, "Why don't you all f-f-f-f-fade away") and The Kids Are Alright were youth anthems in the best sense, brash and savage declarations of independence. Even the rock opera Tommy, with its dazzling music locked in perpetual combat with a convoluted narrative, passed the palm to the audience as Tommy sang to his followers: "Listening...
...Last Resort (Sept. 19, CBS, 8 p.m E.D.T.) Late last season all three networks hatched Animal House sitcoms only to end up with a short-lived trio of turkeys. Three strikes and out, right? Wrong. In television, bad ideas don't fade away; they become cottage industries. The Last Resort is yet another Animal House rip-off - just as silly and doomed as its predecessors. If nothing else, it is easily the season's bravest kamikaze mission...
With the Corporation following its policy of last year, as indecisive as it was successful, and with the SASC focusing its activities away from the Harvard divestiture issue and toward the Boston area, it would appear that the debate over Harvard's South Africa related investments will fade away from the arena of the Corporation's concerns. But while the SASC may enlarge the range of its activities, the faculty, the soft spot in the heart of every university president, may be the group that sees the South Africa debate continues...