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...progress. He left offended, and later attended a party at Alpha Delta at which he told everyone how great he had been until producer Wanger ordered him to leave. When Fitzgerald and Schulberg left, they retired to a coffee shop and dictated a parody script which began, "We fade in on the thin clear cold slope of the ski slide, and fade through the thin clear cold mind of a Dartmouth undergraduate...

Author: By Tim Carlson, | Title: Light Whitening | 2/8/1974 | See Source »

...Administration realized that few people would accept the Pentagon's spying as the real reason why Nixon did not want the plumbers to be fully investigated. In any case, both the White House and the Pentagon obviously hoped that the story of the snooping affair would quickly fade away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PENTAGON: An Excessive Need to Know | 1/28/1974 | See Source »

Maude Wood capped the first-half scoring with a classic fade-away jumper, and Emerson gave up the ghost...

Author: By Ellen A. Cooper, | Title: Radcliffe Cagers Rout Emerson, 66-18, In Record-Breaking Basketball Rouser | 12/12/1973 | See Source »

...dums' followed by obnoxious fans screaming "go B.U." at the top of their collective lungs. Not only is the chant every other minute or so irritating but it's not even a B.U. original. It was first used at Boston College, but the Eagles fortunately let it fade out until B.U. picked it up as a sort of anthem...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Gamesmanship | 12/12/1973 | See Source »

...security and has even on occassion referred to himself as "Commander of Israeli Forces in Africa." His case can be likened to the obvious American parallel, that of General MacArthur, who was fired by Truman for insubordination and returned home to a hero's welcome. MacArthur, however, then faded into obscurity. Sharon may well be fired and return to Israel a hero. But rather than fade into obscurity, he will in all likelihood make himself one of the most significant opposition voices in the nation...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Israeli Politics After the War | 12/1/1973 | See Source »

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