Loman, one of American theater's great tragic figures, is an old-fashioned traveling salesman in his 60s, who learns that loyalties fade as youth and vigor do and that possibly he was never really well liked after all.
He doesn't expect Beatriz to engage or push back the way she does — politely at first, then with increasing vigor, her inhibitions fading with every glass of wine.
As Michael talked, the vigor in his voice faded.
Somehow Rais found the vigor to stand, although he was fading: "I was thinking that I don't know how many seconds I have before I pass away". He thought about calling 911, but once again his knowledge of Hollywood returned to him.
On the court inside Rod Laver Arena, Sampras was spotted practicing with the vigor of a great champion not ready to fade away just yet.
As those men get older, their predisposition to rap fades — save Hamilton, who can summon that young-man's vigor when provoked, like an old dog who will still rear up when poked. .
They nail him down, quite literally, in an embarrassing fade-out carefully suggesting a crucifixion.If only the picture had sustained the brisk vigor introduced by Miss Cash, a doll with no nonsense about her.
In all, this project represents a major accomplishment for Mr. Domingo, who sings these arias and scenes with such consistent vigor and intelligence that distinctions between early-, middle- and late-period operas start to fade.
Controversy and public interest surrounded Roosevelt throughout the seven and a half years of his presidency as memories of McKinley faded; by 1920, according to Gould, McKinley's administration was deemed no more than "a mediocre prelude to the vigor and energy of Theodore Roosevelt's".
