Word: disappeared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more than an hour, he ranted and raved. His statements at times sounded so utterly divorced from reality that some of the jurymen cast their eyes down and studied their hands. Judge Thagard slumped deeper and deeper into his brown leather chair as if by doing so he might disappear altogether...
...shutter speed and lens opening for the amount of light. If there is not enough light, pointers pop into the view finder to tell the photographer to keep his shutter closed. Instead of bulky flash attachments, most of the new automated cameras have miniature, built-in flash units that disappear when...
...scientists alone. The sociological implications are immense. Arthur Clarke, for example, who still keeps a fatherly eye on the multimillion-dollar system he proposed in Wireless World for a modest fee of $40 back in 1945, foresees sweeping changes touched off by communication satellites. Cities, he thinks, may disappear. Their principal reason for being is to cluster people close together where they can see and talk with each other, a process that is not always enjoyable...
...been mounting for years. Among the red areas that give the red planet its name, astronomers can see darker patches that change and fade through the Martian year in a manner that strongly suggests the seasonal growth of vegetation. When the thin icecaps at the planet's poles disappear with the coming of the Martian spring, belts of darker color creep toward the equator, sometimes crossing it. This effect might be caused by some nonliving chemical change under the influence of drifting water vapor, but biological action is more likely...
King called for more marches-on segregated schools, on poverty and "on ballot boxes until race baiters disappear from the political arena." He lifted the crowd to a peak with a rhythmic, almost hypnotic chant: "I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?' I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long because truth pressed to earth will rise again. How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, because you still reap what you sow. How long...