dimout

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We are cooperating with the coastal dimout, using blue lights along our boardwalk and beachfront, but this change has made our resort more, not less, attractive.

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Even before the President's call for a blackout, Detroit Mayor Roman S. Gribbs had ordered a "dimout" of Christmas lighting, and has been severely criticized for it.

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Last week the greatly grumbled-at East and West Coast dimout was making at least a few people happy.

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But the dimout proved only a flicker less black than the blackout.

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Vacationists are finding the dimout a unique experience, which most of them enjoy.

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