Word: fading
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Yitzhak Rabin's modest office in western Jerusalem expect their sessions with him to be strictly business. He is known to be abrupt, omitting from such visits so much as hello or goodbye. The office is hectic. Chants of angry Jewish settlers camped outside to protest the peace agreement fade in and out. A delegation of conservative Knesset members argue against giving weapons to the future Palestinian police force. But Rabin is calm, almost relaxed. Those who know him well say that since he signed the Declaration of Principles with Arafat, his manner has softened; he smiles more and grimaces...
LOSERS ROSS PEROT Still whiny, cranky and short, he becomes ever more irrelevant as his polls fall, his TV infomercial ratings fade and he flops in the NAFTA debate...
...Where Disney fails in “Little” seems to be where Disney always fails in recent years—the story and the script. It was not too long ago that a Disney movie was fast-paced and witty, even if the memory is starting to fade with more recent Disney catastrophes like “Brother Bear.” The tale—of a young chicken determined to save the world despite a tarnished reputation for over-exaggeration—is fine and even kind of sweet at times, but it creates pure apathy...
...almost assured of reaching the milestone Saturday, barring any uncharacteristically sound play by Dartmouth’s defense. But as the third quarter drew to a close and Dawson inched past 90 yards, the junior tailback’s chances of setting the mark at home appeared to fade. Harvard was, after all, ahead by 28 points. Unnecessarily risking injury to the Crimson’s star would be more than a little unusual for coach Tim Murphy, who, like most of his peers, regularly pulls his skill players when leading by so wide a margin. But Murphy left Dawson...
...companies he thinks will benefit are banking behemoths like J.P. Morgan Chase and Citigroup. He's also wagering that Internet company Expedia will profit from increased online travel bookings and that other consumer plays, like Sears Holdings and Home Depot, will rebound as concerns over high fuel costs fade...