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...crews settled to a rate of 31 and Harvard started to move ahead after about 250 meters. The game Scarlet Knights finally started to fade at the 1000 meter mark but the Bruins, though still a length behind, were rowing
Party Congresses also provide rare glimpses into the process of renewal within the leadership. As results of factional fights begin to appear, new faces emerge from the shadows, others fade. The present Soviet leadership changes at a glacial pace. But shifts do take place, and from a purely actuarial standpoint, the present Politburo is not an insurance man's dream. Eight of its eleven members are well into their 60s, making the body something of a gerontocracy (average...
...essential roles of Patsy and Alfred are splendidly enacted by Marcia Rodd and Elliott Gould. Where Patsy could easily be strident. Miss Rodd is vital., And where "apathist" Alfred could easily fade into the background. Gould invests him with an intelligent, observant presence. There is a moment when, while listening to Patsy, he actually does fade away, and then starts back; the resulting laugh comes as a salute to Gould...
...thirties were best typified by the Garbos and Dietrichs on the one hand, and by Mae West and the "screwball" comediennes on the other-then the forties woman is reduced to the lady-like Greer Garson in a piece of trash like Mrs. Miniver: being brave at the fade-out. Currier House includes none of these movies. (Ophuls' 1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman, although made in Hollywood, is not really typical). It's just as well, I suppose; the movies are bad, and the chauvinism (both sexual and political) disgusting...
Rather than fade away, as they did in Cambodia, the North Vietnamese troops have moved into defensive positions and reinforced themselves with unexpected speed. Some 35,000 Communist troops are arrayed around Tchepone in a great semicircle facing the ARVN advance. Pentagon experts say that another 20,000 North Vietnamese troops are converging on Route 9 from north and south. They will soon be joined by 6,000 fresh troops from the three North Vietnamese divisions above the Demilitarized Zone...