Word: disappearance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strain, tried to speak for her father, she too was jeered off the platform. So was onetime Engine Greaser James Henry ("Jim") Thomas, Dominions Secretary. At the famed waxworks of Madame Tussaud, where the National Government may be seen in session any day, the dummies most definitely slated to disappear were those of Ramsay and Jim. With unction rich, Prime Minister Baldwin took it upon himself to tell Demos that it was not being Democratic. "I have been a little anxious as a Democrat," said the Tory Leader at Leeds, "that the right of free speech has been denied...
...their child is being strangled, Perhaps, in truth, since Quoddy has served its purpose, its death--if only it be a quiet one--would be welcomed by the embarrassed parents. One might even suspect - the analogy is tempting-that the murdering technicalities are merely hired thugs, who will discretely disappear after their work is done, Nevertheless, little Quoddy must depart unsung; its story is enlightening and should be preserved for a wondering posterity...
...hating Harlow Shapley was mildly disturbed by what appeared to be a lopsided condition of the universe. The star galaxies seemed to be unevenly distributed in space, more in the northern sky than in the southern. This, however, turned out to be only a small-scale irregularity, tended to disappear when larger sky areas were polled, deeper penetrations into space made, the obscuring effect of dark matter allowed for. Now the galactic distribution in the observable sphere approaches uniformity. Dr. Hubble last week compared the population density to tennis balls 50 ft. apart. This he believes represents a dependable sample...
...intends to use Federal funds to get into the newspaper business, our boasted freedom of the press soon might be expected to disappear...
...Chicago's suburban Brookfield Zoo, whence Curator of Reptiles Mrs. Grace Wiley last fortnight was discharged for letting a deadly Bandy-Bandy snake disappear completely (TIME, Sept. 30), zoo attendants combed the reptile house, while police prowled over surrounding country, mothers kept their children indoors. Finally, a cleaning man swept up the loose leaves that had blown into the reptile house, picked up an armful with Bandy-Bandy asleep in their midst. Meanwhile ebullient ex-Curator Wiley advised Chicagoans who want to bathe rattlesnakes, "Get them in a good humor first and then bathe in lukewarm water. They like...