Word: wanes
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...iron hands of Lott and chief Senate fund-raiser Mitch McConnell. (He who controls the reelection money controls many a politician, and yes, that was McConnell emceeing Bush's inaugural.) Most Democrats, chief Democratic fund-raiser Bob Torricelli first among them, find that their yen for reform tends to wane as soon as a meaningful bill is in actual danger of passage...
...there's always the McCain factor. Now that Bush won, this is not just his last shot at national stardom, but a personal mission for a man who likes his politics personal. His rebelliousness tends to wax and wane, but this is a guy who promised "blood on the floor of the U.S. Senate." Just because he's decided to wait until March doesn't mean it won't be a heck of a show...
...last night, many students' energy was beginning to wane. The rap music that had been directed out though the building's main windows had been silenced, and the students inside tried to rest...
...should have been to raise just $100 million in seven years. In a year when Harvard University raised $250 million in donations in just 12 months, and increased its endowment by more than 30 percent to $19 billion, it was sad to see even enthusiasm by its alumnae wane as the once prominent college struggles to reinvent itself having acquiesced the students that once made its purpose so clear...
...that NASA has simply put too many of its budgetary eggs in the space-station basket--scrapping in the meantime a number of smaller, worthier projects like its long-dreamed-of mission to Pluto (see box). As public interest in the giant orbiting construction project continues to wane, NASA has grown increasingly desperate for a hit. The flap over the TV show may be a cautionary tale of what can happen when an agency that once cared only about aiming for the stars makes the mistake of trying to become...