Word: disappeared
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Several years ago, I started down a long, easy trail at Sugarbush known as the Jester. It is full of sharp turns and wide, easy slopes. It was snowing, so visibility was extremely limited. A trio of skiers whizzed by me, only to disappear from view at the next turn. When I got there I found the three of them hung up in a clump of trees beyond a turn, which they said they thought was a jump. Miraculously, none was hurt, save for a few bruised ribs...
...Most people around here want the Gilmore story to disappear because they're embarrassed by the publicity," said the program's producer, Janice Evans. "But I think it's terrific...
Just as the British appear to be relinquishing a sense of responsibility for the Ulster conflict, most observers agree that the Irish Republic's support for the Catholic minority in Ulster is now moderated by a growing realization that the problems of the island would not simply disappear if the Republic and the province were united. The position of Hume's party now echoes the view of Irish Republican Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave: no unification can occur without the consent of the Ulster majority...
...Pinter's silences and manipulation of tempo are crucial--they illuminate the dark spaces behind his terse, economical language, convey the Matchseller's power over Edward, and express (in The Dwarfs) Len's isolation and the abyss into which his attempts at communication disappear. Edward and Flora's stream of consciousness babble must be broken by pauses if we are to understand how he comes to destroy himself and dies a symbolic death, while she rediscovers herself and finds a new life...
...abolishing the agency altogether, says Chairman Dunham. He favors creation of a single, streamlined federal agency to handle all energy matters, even though that would wipe out his own job. Since President-elect Carter has proposed the same thing, there is a good chance that the FPC will indeed disappear one of these days, unloved and unlamented. But unless Congress also resolves the question of whether to choose low prices or plentiful supplies, an energy superagency would only be handed the FPC'S task of reconciling the irreconcilable...