Word: disappearance
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Support of a mandatory retirement age does not imply that professors beyond the age of 70 have nothing to offer. There is no stroke of midnight after which one's faculties and abilities disappear in a flash. Institutions like Harvard should continue to make the transition to retirement as easy as possible--allowing professors to retain their offices, as Harvard does, as will as encouraging them to continue teaching. But consideration for individuals should not obscure the fundamental need for a continued retirement age in the Ivory Tower...
Even though Kohl won the election, the missile issue is not expected to disappear. The Greens are preparing demonstrations to block, by force if necessary, the installation of the new weapons, and West German security officials predict new left-and right-wing terrorist attacks against U.S. military targets in the country. But, at least, there is a government in place to defend the NATO decision...
Khan has no illusions about what can really be achieved. In the Golden Crescent, smuggling and smugglers' routes are almost as old as the Khyber Pass. Says Khan of the prospects for his antidrug crusade: "When the hills disappear, only then can you expect the traffic...
...computer and turns the machine on. In a matter of seconds, the computer is programmed and ready for typing. There are no codes to memorize, because all instructions are shown on the top of the screen. Yet for all of its simplicity, it is powerful: characters appear and disappear at a keystroke; blocks of text jump quickly from one place to another...
...time and a half to time and a quarter. Steelworkers with ten years' seniority will forfeit the extra 13-week vacation they get every five years, and all workers will lose at least a week of vacation for one year. United Nations Day, barely celebrated by anyone, will disappear as one of the Steelworkers' paid holidays, leaving ten a year...