Word: tapers
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...National Weather Service forecast a 60 percent chance of rain for this morning, but predicted showers will likely taper off in the afternoon. Two years ago, torrential rains dampened the ceremonies...
While only one home game this season has been played at O’Donnell field—a 16-6 victory over Vermont—this weekend will see Harvard finally get to settle into familiar territory and buckle down for the Ivy stretch. The contests taper nicely with Herrmann’s emergence as a legitimate threat, whether he’s toeing the rubber or standing at the plate...
Larry Gelbart is a Hollywood rarity. In a youth-obsessed town, Gelbart, an accomplished screenwriter and playwright, is busier than ever at 75. There's the film about Pancho Villa for HBO. A jazz song cycle at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum. The sequel to The Candidate for Robert Redford. A new musical about Napoleon. A Las Vegas spectacular about Busby Berkeley...
...level of participation was a lot higher prior to the war, in large part because this is a school of public policy,” he said. “Since the war has actually started, the volume has begun to taper off—we are not a military institution...
...just looking to swim fast,” Evans said. “We taper at the end of the season, so this meet doesn’t really give an indication of how fast I’m going to swim...