Word: fading
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...shambles and seniors desperately clawing for anything come graduation besides moving back into their parents’ basements, there seems to be a move away from the traditional I-Banking or consulting route toward the nobler frontier of social enterprise. Is this just a momentary fad that will fade into obscurity much like the Segway or going to class? Or is it possible that students are finally heeding Bob’s wise words...
...they cope in frustratingly deadpan ways, lending the narrative a puzzling emotional flatness. Tony Gardner explains the seemingly tragic dissolution of his marriage to Lindy in sterile, practical terms, saying, “I’m no longer a major name. Now I could just accept that and fade away. Live on past glories. Or I could say, no, I’m not finished yet.… You have to be prepared to make a lot of changes, some of them hard ones. You change the way you are. You even change some things you love...
...mission to explore femininity in politics leaves Hecht with nowhere to progress. She can’t revert to femininity, because Henry simply becomes less confident rather than more womanly. This plot progression allows her no other option but to simply retreat into the background and let her personality fade, leaving Richard free to dominate the stage...
...That inequality struck me as I surveyed the wreckage of Pariaman, where nearly every building had been twisted into a carcass of impossible angles. Unlike New Orleans or other Western locales ravaged by nature, Pariaman will quickly fade from the vocabulary of global disaster. Yet the tales there are no less tragic...
...violence is not likely to fade away anytime soon, and those Pakistanis who cherished a peaceful lull in recent months are now searching for answers about the current state of their country and what lies ahead for it. "I have scrapped the lecture I was going to give tomorrow," says Hashmi. "Instead, I am going to just present images to my students. One set will show the Pakistan that these terrorists want. The other will show the type of Pakistan that has been. I'll ask: 'What was Pakistan?' and 'What is Pakistan...