Word: wane
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...year progressed and both hockey teams reached the NCAA tournament, that support did not wane. Members of the football team were in the stands in Providence, R.I. and Albany, N.Y. as the men’s team rolled through the ECAC tournament. Radcliffe crew, in Cambridge during spring break to train for its spring season, took the afternoon to travel to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence to watch their peers, again serving as walking billboards as the women’s team battled for the national title...
...producer, Lau is currently in the scripting phase of a new movie that he's tipped to star in and?for the first time?direct. But this willingness to try out different aspects of the movie business doesn't mean his newfound seriousness about acting is likely to wane anytime soon. Kicked back in a red tracksuit in a hotel suite on Tea Mountain after a long day on the Daggers set, Lau makes it clear that he is more committed to acting than ever, even if that means taking on tough challenges. "I want to have a form that...
After a regular season in which Grumet-Morris has seen his job security wax and wane with his performances, the on-again, off-again competition for the No. 1 spot with sophomore John Daigneau appears to be on hold...
...this kind of TV crudity going to wane after the Jackson incident? Absolutely. Just as surely as Columbine ended screen violence, the Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? scandal finished reality TV and the Sept. 11 attacks killed irony. Betting against the transgressiveness of pop culture is like shorting the market: you may be right for a period, but over time you will lose. Even if the FCC does leash the big networks meaningfully--a long shot--viewers remain free to go to cable. "It's acceptable for Tiger Woods to curse on ESPN," notes NBC Entertainment president Jeff...
Berman expressed concern that the University’s main revenue sources may wane, compounding the fiscal squeeze already facing Harvard. She said last year’s stellar endowment returns had helped to offset increased expenses. “Nobody likes to count on something like that,” she added, however...