Word: fading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good news, it is that the harshest phase of the layoffs may be over. Companies have reacted to this downturn more swiftly than usual with deep pre-emptive cuts. Still, economists expect that as many as 1 million more Americans may lose their jobs before the recession's effects fade next fall -- and that forecast assumes that the war ends within a few months. The Commerce Department reported a seeming indicator of strength in the economy last week, announcing that orders for durable goods climbed 4.4% during December. But only limited segments of the economy benefited, since considerably more than...
...course, if the war turns out badly, this new American self-image will turn into a desert mirage. And a historic opportunity for the self- transformation of America will have been missed. Even if the war does turn out well, the postwar euphoria will eventually fade too. But it will leave something behind: a renewed America, self-confident and assured. That was the legacy of the last good war, World War II, a legacy lost in the jungles of Vietnam...
Although their endless repetitions of the title song grew irritating, the ensemble provided a nice consistency as the decades flew by, prominent actors managing to fade back into a group identity. Nell Benjamin and Tom Chick should also be commended for their scene-stealing cameos as a pair of mindless TV anchors...
...last hopes fade, Congress authorizes Bush to lead the country into battle in the gulf...
...since the Tiananmen crackdown so the risk of rousing large-scale protests is minimal. Except for a few notices posted outside the Beijing Intermediate People's Court, the prosecutions have so far proceeded with little official fanfare. The government may be calculating that concern for the detainees will eventually fade, as it did for Wei Jingsheng, 40, an activist during the Democracy Wall movement of 1978-79, who is marking his 12th year behind bars...