The faint let-down may be attributable to Mr Brown's disciplined absence of comment.

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Just before sundown we reach the end of the line for the vehicle, unload our gear, and wave goodbye to Dixon's uncle, who turns around and charges back down the faint track.

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As I was wrapping up my last hour on The Afternoon Show, my daily radio program at KEXP, I could hear faint strains of strings wafting down the hallway to the air booth.

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But Constance could hear the faint ring of another doorbell, down the hall, which set off a barking dog.

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We walked right down the middle of the highway, over the faint ghost of the double yellow line.

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Featuring songs like It's Hard To Hitch Down Life's Highway With No Thumbs, it is not for the faint-hearted and sidesteps political correctness.

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