In contrast to the Willamette Valley, Douglas County is powerfully conservative and Republican, being akin to Josephine County to the south, or to Eastern Oregon. No Democratic presidential nominee has carried Douglas County since Lyndon Johnsonâs landslide win in 1964: indeed the last Democrat to crack forty percent of the countyâs vote was Michael Dukakis in 1988 during an election influenced by a major drought.
Fading (conditioning) Fading is a technique applied in behavior therapy, particularly behavior modification, as well as skill training settings, where an initial prompting to perform an action is gradually withdrawn until the need for it fades away. The overall goal is for an individual to eventually not need prompts.
Example Sentences for fading. Fortune smiled on him, and the folly of his youth was a fading memory that could never cloud or dim his future. Donald watched him in silence as he worked in the fading light. In the fading light I could see that the centre was a heavy block of building from which a porch projected. The stormy light of the afternoon was fading towards sunset.