Word: disappearance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ozone depletion is like turning around a huge ocean liner," Lemonick says. "You can reverse the engines, but it still takes a while to change the ship's direction." If this trend is sustained, scientists say the Antarctic ozone hole, first detected in the 1980s, could begin to disappear in about 10 years. -->
Shake hands with the tallest member on the 22nd-ranked Harvard men's tennis team, and your palm will disappear into the same hand that has struck fear into the hearts of opposing players throughout the season. There is no question about it--Tom Blake can handle a tennis racquet like few others...
Some of the well-known comforts which we have become accustomed to may well disappear when most of us have entered the job market, but the new opportunities for growth and development certainly outweigh the grief over loss of security. Somebody has to take the initiative to take up the plentiful opportunities which have been emerging over the last decade, and Harvard students belong to the group of those best-prepared...
...Harvard is some kind of utopia, then it should try to create an atmosphere of harmony. Obviously racial differences and racial tension will not magically disappear once randomization has been completed in three years, but they don't have to. That is something that could never be forced because it requires willingness on both sides, but at least this way, Harvard will feel less like two universities that share the same classrooms and more like one university united...
...ease these anxieties. He confided in Susan McDougal that he loved being Governor: "This is fun. Women are throwing themselves at me. All the while I was growing up, I was the fat boy in the Big Boy jeans." At an inauguration party, Susan had seen Bill Clinton disappear from the party with a tall blond woman in tow. Hillary was putting on a brave face, but the incident was stirring up a buzz, and Susan could tell she was upset. She went over to commiserate with the state's new first lady, sharing an observation she'd got from...