Word: lustered
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...baseball's missing luster is due to more than the hard facts of growing up. The sport has disappointed Americans continually over the past decade, casting its players and owners in a neverending comedy of errors...
Everything changed in 1992. Deng emerged from retirement to exhort his successors and lagging Chinese cities to "dive into the sea" of capitalist commerce. Shanghai dived in, reviving all its old spunk and luster. The metropolis is furiously rebuilding, attracting foreign investment, remaking itself into an Asian hub of finance, trade and culture. Officials say they will quadruple the city's industrial and agricultural output by the year...
Fred Couples and Tom Watson were far more successful. So, has the luster worn off? Is he not the big deal we expected? Are we watching another Todd Marinovich--the boy bred by his father at birth to be the greatest quarterback of all time only to disappear from view after a mediocre career...
...hero, best-selling author, Mr. Clean; G.O.P. affiliation would give second term that bipartisan luster...
Weldon is energetic, ambitious and creative, in Washington and his district. Since the Republican "Housecleaning," his career has flourished. And despite the lost luster on the Contract with America, he is loyal to G.O.P. fiscal policy--balanced budget, tax and welfare reforms--and is a persistent NAFTA watchdog...