Word: waned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...upstairs, a simple journey for myself and Tad. A few eclectic Winthropians munch on hummus and pita in a corner. The center of attention is a set of pictures from a previous party that featured a great deal more nudity than is evident tonight. My luck is beginning to wane. Fortunately, I find a Deep Springs College transfer named Zach. I chat about life on the farm, sharing the stories of my Kentucky roots. Tad begins his work for the night, snapping photos of the confused but amiable and cozy crowd in the room...
...expected of his long potent holding power over human imagination and hope in the near and distant future? If benign Christian institutions and the capacity to believe in a God who loves his creation should weaken fatally, if the artistic inspiration of the figure of Jesus should wane--as it has in some of the West today--are the existential promises of his teaching sufficient to maintain a world faith? What else has he to offer a ferociously diverse but rapidly shrinking planet...
...leadership. Perhaps all that remain are local deities. Either way, this year's race for council president is shaping up to be yet another embarrassment to the notion of student government at Harvard, and more sadly, a sign that the purported greatness of Harvard undergraduates may be on the wane...
...some reason, Southern Californians confuse primping with pumping coifed hair. The locker room is everyone's own royal court, and you can bare as much as you dare every day of the week. Don't fret about being modest--this will wane within a few months, and you'll be wrapping your only towel around your head instead of your torso...
Many worry that media coverage of the war inKosovo will wane, but those with ties to the areasay their efforts will...