Word: fading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while the controversy about the extent of minority involvement in the plan may be subsiding, disputes about the political motivations of the plan's opponents are not likely to fade...
...People say, 'I'll just take them for three months until I get the look I want, and then I'll quit,' " explains Adam Frattasio, 26, of Weymouth, Mass., a former user. "It doesn't work that way." Bulging biceps and ham-hock thighs do a fast fade when the chemicals are halted. So do the feelings of being powerful and manly. Almost every user winds up back on the drugs. A self-image that relies on a steroid-soaked body may be difficult to change. Chamberlain has a friend, now 29, who has been taking steroids for more than...
There are mysteries, and then again there are mysteries. Those that involve capital crimes oblige a movie to solve the puzzle clearly, neatly and, one hopes, surprisingly before the final fade-out. There is, however, a better class of enigma that involves less deadly, even comical, forms of human behavior. And there is a better class of film that is wisely content to set forth such shadowy dilemmas and leave them unresolved, resonating in our minds...
...nothing to do with the greenhouse effect. They could have been random events -- all part of the natural year-to-year variations in weather. Many climatologists called Hansen's remarks premature and feared that if this summer happens to be cool, public worries about the greenhouse effect will quickly fade...
...blows kept furiously raining down, and Joseph's smile began to fade. When the board voted that Monday, Giuliani had already turned three close Milken associates into Government witnesses by granting them immunity from prosecution. The knockout power of an indictment under the 1970 Racketeer ! Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was also greatly feared. Charges under RICO, developed to prosecute the Mafia and other organized criminals, would allow Giuliani to tie up much of Drexel's $2.3 billion of capital -- including the fortunes of the firm's 1,700 employee stockholders -- throughout a lengthy trial...