Word: disappearance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took another stroke, what would touch first would be my nose," he explained gloomily. But Nesty, who won the same race in the Pan American Games last year, belonged on the Olympic victory stand, and so did a surprising number of athletes from countries whose representatives used to disappear in the prelims. What happened long ago in track was now evident in swimming: world beaters were bobbing up from all over the world...
...watching the clock. How fast will your soul disappear...
...came to realize that lofty aspirations areone thing, but political processes are another,"Xueliang said. "The fundamental lesson of theCultural Revolution, found by myself and too manyothers, was that corruption, bureaucracy,lawlessness, and injustice didn't disappear fromChinese life; instead, they became stronger. Thepurpose of the Cultural Revolution stood oppositeto its consequences...
...hikes and college curricula and calling on the nation's schools to assume a greater share of the student aid burden. He continually attacked students for not paying back their federal loans and for using drugs, and he criticized their schools for allowing the classics of Western civilzation to disappear from their curricula...
...birth the babies display obvious signs of crack exposure -- tremors, irritability and lethargy -- that may belie the seriousness of the harm done. These symptoms may disappear in a week or more, but the underlying damage remains. While the long-term effects of crack are unknown, Stanford's Fulroth points out that children born with small heads often have lower than normal I.Q. levels by ages three...