Over time, the romance of Van Gundy the Underdog has faded.

"But by July, the romance of hanging out fades with the heat."

Their romance never faded, his wife said.

Their early romance had faded, but the two stayed friends into their freshman year of college.

But the romance of the hotel has faded, replaced by an acrimonious fight over whether it should be saved.

With the advent of the automobile the romance of the bicycle faded.

While other young travelers might have let such a romance fade, Li and Esperanza did not.

Those interviewed here attest that romance fades fast in cramped apartments that usually have to be shared with other families.

Door Wide Open spans events from the couple's first meeting until after the romance had faded into friendship.

A year later, after the romance had faded, came another kind of show Americans love: exploding myths.