Word: disappearance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then this would be leadership at its best--taking on a popular leader in time of peace and prosperity because Harvard knows better than the people. This is just another facet of the emerging political "consciousness" on campus--the more the differences between Harvard and more forthright political groups disappear, the less reason there is for Harvard not to exercise its academic leadership...
...fact remains that humans are fragile and small collections of stuff that, put in the wrong place at the right time, disappear entirely from the face of the earth. Though it is nice to have aspirations, they will not change the inevitable end. If everything is meaningless and impermanent, you might ask, why write anything...
After dropping the first two games of the match, Harvard battled back to win the third game--but quickly saw any hopes of a comeback disappear as Tufts dominated the fourth and final game...
...DeLoreans sold in the U.S. are beginning to disappear from American roads because of the lack of spare parts. But the car has not totally receded from the popular imagination. In last summer's megahit movie Back to the Future, the supercharged auto that carries Marty McFly back to the 1950s is a converted DeLorean, specially equipped for time travel...
...Jackson's mission will be to prowl the Pacific depths on cruises averaging 70 days, always remaining hidden and within missile range of its targets. Says Captain Michael Farmer, 45, a lanky six-footer with an air of quiet self-confidence: "Our job is to go to sea and disappear. Our total invulnerability to Soviet strikes then becomes a factor of deterrence...