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...simple. Some sassy sociopath would commit a fiendishly complex murder, and before the final fade-out an even smarter detective would figure it out and cuff the malefactor. Gumshoe films are out of favor now, but here are some sleuths who can solve the mystery of what to watch on a summer night...
Perhaps Photon's only problem is that old soldiers might just get bored and fade away. Complains Denverite Bates: "They need to change things from time to time." But Carter's empire is ready to strike back with new technology. Within a year, helmets will be equipped so that warriors can communicate with each other and receive running scores during the game. Ultimately, of course, Carter thinks he will prevail, because the Force is with him. --By Gordon M. Henry. Reported by David S. Jackson/Dallas and Robert C. Wurmstedt/Denver
...where discussion was not dominated by the controversy over Summers’ leadership. In fact, after Matory delivered a speech against Summers and called upon the Harvard Corporation to “rescue us from this crisis,” the harsh rhetoric of February and March began to fade further and further into the past...
...parents’ generation set out to change the world, and I cannot shake this sense of despair that our own generation might fade having lingered too long brooding in the shadow of their failure. Too often, we fight for our ideals in our parents’ same tired tradition—sit-ins, teach-ins, walk-outs, et cetera. It seems right, and yet sometimes I wonder whether they are staged more for our own peace-of-mind than for the effectiveness of their persuasion...
...Crimson was almost a boat length ahead of Navy—the Harvard crew had jumped seven seats in just over 300 meters. All it had taken was 25 strokes and Navy’s No. 1 ranking and 14-race win streak could do nothing more than fade amidst the path already laid by the streaking Harvard boat...