Word: disappearance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cream concept went overwell--Kit Kats always disappear quickly from theCrimson's vending machine. But some reviewers saidthey preferred their candy "smooshed in", a laHerrell's and Steve's, rather than frozen with theice cream...
Gates and Appiah doubt, however, that theAfro-Am department will disappear anytime soon...
...bulk of the pressurized suits makes physical activity extremely awkward and quickly exhausting. Astronauts have found that their hands chafe sorely, particularly the fingertips, which can be rubbed so raw that the deltas, whorls and ridges of their fingerprints disappear. But the Endeavour crew accomplished its spectacular mission and, just for the record, completed a fourth jaunt in space before preparing for their scheduled return home...
...THEORY, AN ELECTRIC CAR IS AN IDEA OF BLINDing brilliance. Since such cars are powered by batteries, not internal combustion engines, there are no noxious emissions and no need for gasoline. Gas stations soon disappear, as do refineries and their occasional unhappy by-products, oil spills and groundwater pollution. Electric cars are easy on the ears since they make virtually no noise. Refueling? Drive up to a handy 220-volt electrical outlet, plug in and charge...
...last year, American investigators have access to secret Panamanian bank records whenever they suspect that accounts are being used to launder drug money. Now that Panama requires local banks to file meticulous reports on large deposits of cash, the cartels are no longer able to make millions of dollars disappear into a financial black hole. Efforts to set up similar laundering systems in Luxembourg and Uruguay have been thwarted, and some Latin dealers have been forced literally to bury their money on their property for safekeeping...