As the train climbed higher, their profiles gradually faded into blurry silhouettes on the landscape.
The old Zulu traditions of strong marriages and healthy families had faded into obsolescence.
That reminds me of a reality that seems to have faded into the ether.
Mrs Palin has not faded into the Alaskan sunset since she stepped down abruptly as governor in July.
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Space is the second area, the importance of which seems to have faded into the background in recent years.
The Great Gatsby has faded into a fuzzy memory only to be revived by the new Leonardo DiCaprio movie.
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Unions were growing more militant by the day, and elsewhere around the world the Daewoo brand had faded into obscurity.
And meanwhile the mayor's most visible hire after the storm, Ed Blakely, a city planner, has faded into the background.
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Unlike Route 66, which faded into memory and legend some 30 years ago, the Alaska of the imagination is still alive, and flourishing.
The Treasury program lasted a year, was never called down, and faded into the background with the rest of the bailouts.
Years passed and although the pirates faded into history, a steady stream of subsequent invaders to the island made Olymbos a continued safe haven.
While Milligan's sketches often faded into incomprehensibility, the Pythons' tighter material was saved from a similar fate by Terry Gilliam's animation links.
The military aircraft, U.N. workers, and tons of relief supplies present for the longest humanitarian airlift in history had faded into the past.
The great debate between left and right had faded into gentle sparring between conservatives and liberals, and it was sometimes difficult to tell the difference.
It is now home to The Museum of Musical Instruments, which despite holding more than 5, 000 rare items has faded into relative anonymity with much of the city population.
Myspace, the once dominant social-networking site that faded into obscurity during Facebook's rise to dominance, added 1 million new users over the past month, according to the company.
The years passed, and the counterculture era faded into history.
For most people, the Joola has faded into tragic obscurity.
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The European debt crisis has faded into the background a bit during the home stretch of the U.S. elections, but last week it came back into the headlines.
For Yandell, his wife and many other residents trying to stick it out, the white picket fence of an American dream has faded into a seemingly hopeless suburban nightmare.
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Extradited to Germany in late 1956, he served his jail term, and then faded into obscurity, eking out a living as a self-styled expressionist for his remaining thirty-two years.
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The spice burn has faded into a warm glow.
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Think Global struggled and faded into the background.
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After only a few minutes, the lights of the Lamanai Outpost faded into velvety darkness and the only light was a brilliant shaft from the halogen lamp at the front of the boat.
To celebrate those artists who have provided a singular soundtrack for our lives and then faded into obscurity, Billboard magazine has compiled a list of the 25 top one-hit wonders of the past decade.
In this case, the stalled economic recovery got back on track, the euro-zone debt crisis faded into the background again, the stock market recovered from its summer correction, and although still expected, inflation had not shown up.
Now that the Megahertz race has faded into the distance (we hear it was a myth), Intel is well and truly kicking off the start of a multi-core war with the demonstration of an 80-core research processor in San Francisco last week.
As the early sparkle faded into a war of attrition, Rafael was fortunate to escape with only a booking for a late lunge on Wilson Palacios, who swiftly exacted revenge - although the Brazilian's demand that referee Mike Dean produce the yellow card did him no credit.
Formerly great names like Sumitomo, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi as well as outfits less well known outside Japan like Yasuda, Furukawa and Nakajima have faded into the background on the international scene, outmaneuvered and outplayed by younger nimbler firms in Japan as well as by American and European companies.
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