Word: wanes
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...NORTH AMERICA With roughly 85,000 speakers left, Pennsylvania German, featured in the hit 1985 film Witness, is on the wane, as are most Native American languages. Also in danger: Gullah, spoken by descendants of former slaves, mostly on the islands off South Carolina and Georgia...
...course, the divide between the Yard’s historic campus and the new Allston campus will most prominently affect students. As the number of posters in the Yard for Law School Forums and Graduate School of Education speakers begins to wane, new approaches must be developed for keeping students connected to all the opportunities the University offers...
Advocates hope that as gay families become more accepted, the need for such support will wane. But that won't necessarily mean an end to gatherings like the Pop Luck Club's. "We'll get older and grayer together and complain our children don't call enough," predicts Yood. "We're family...
Harvard’s pressure began to wane early in the second half as BC scored once right before the break and twice right after to cut the deficit to 7-4. Captain Lauren Miller led the way for BC, scoring three of the Eagles’ goals...
...there is no God.…” over Philosophy 174, “Matter in the Universe” over Chem. 10. Until the enrollment of the most difficult Core courses begins to swell and that of the easier ones begins to wane, it is difficult to take seriously the frequently heard line that Core courses are watered-down and lack difficulty...