Word: fadeaway
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Prior to yesterday's move, the 18-girl Council had agreed to restrict temporary political groups in the Yard to a six-month span of activity, in anticipation of a quick November fadeaway...
...Fadeaway Father. At first, the psychiatrist seemed to John to be just a pleasantly "anonymous" object. Later, he seemed like the real father John had always wanted. At last, he just seemed to fade away-and so did John Brown, the spineless misfit who drank too much, walked with a cringing stoop and wanted the girl he loved to be his mother rather than his wife. Into John Brown's shoes stepped self-confident Jake Braunowitz, who no longer hated his family, because he understood their desperate struggle, who no longer hated the world, because he believed that...
Oldsmobiles (called B-44s to mark the company's 44th anniversary) are lower & longer, with fadeaway front fenders. Long-needed innovation is twin front bumpers. One is in the usual place, the other a foot higher, sprouting from either fender to protect the flashy grille. Frames are heavier, have an added cross-member. Power has been increased through a higher compression ratio, redesigned combustion chambers...