Word: disappeared
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...allocation list. Last week, the Government was discussing with Canada's giant Aluminium Ltd. a plan to buy 440 million Ibs. over the next three years, at an estimated cost of $75 million. Whether the deal goes through or not, many an aluminum product will soon disappear from the civilian market...
...most characteristic thing about a police state is that people 'disappear,' " wrote Reporter Schmidt. "It is difficult for the casual visitor [to understand that] when he enters the office of a business associate the desk in the corner is empty because the secretary who occupied it was arrested last week, or that the girl at the opposite desk is the police spy who denounced her, and who will shortly make a report to the police on the visitor's conversation with the manager...
...Hunger is not necessarily a sensation caused by contractions of the empty stomach. Such pangs usually disappear during acute starvation; they are severe in semi-starvation, but may actually be worse when refeeding has begun. Men whose stomachs have been removed still feel hunger. Another word than "hunger" is needed to describe the drive for food...
...never been seen again. The police raided the home of Singh's wife and son, found some silk and tweeds of the same pattern as those bought by the missing Venezuelans. They also found the outboard motor and fishing equipment of one of the first boats to disappear...
There are also irksome side-effects. Both hormones are apt to cause acne, hairgrowth, rounding of the face, irritability and depression. The side-effects usually disappear when the injections are stopped, but some do not show up until afterward...