Word: disappeared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...furor played straight into Lee's vigorous campaign to warn the world of what he sees as dire threats emanating from Beijing. He is convinced the leadership intends to control Hong Kong so tightly that all its current economic and political freedoms will disappear. While Tung was struggling to defend his unpopular proposals, Lee enjoyed a triumphant tour of the U.S., including a symbolically important chat with President Clinton. Lee's Democrats threatened to mount protest marches on hand-over night in deliberate violation of the proposed restrictions and tie up the courts in a skein of lawsuits if Tung...
...course, this is the refrain of technology's cheerleaders. Jobs don't disappear. They just change. Nimble people with can-do spirit can always find a new one. And on average, the jobs pay better and better. Life gets easier and easier. Actually, I'm one of technology's cheerleaders. Forced to choose between hunting buffalo with a bow and arrow and microwaving a cheese-steak hoagie, I'll take the sandwich. On balance, progress does make things better, at least materially, for most people. But the costs are real. Converting someone from a teller to an ATM servicer...
...investigator concluded, he "grabbed" her and made her so upset she missed a quarter of her classes, contributing to a failing grade in algebra. "The Army image is now tainted in one of the more productive schools," said the investigator. "It could take years for the damage to disappear...
...Seattle Seahawks: Darrell Russell, DT, USC. He's a better value here than he would have been as the number one overall pick, which he would have been if the Jets had taken him. He can really collapse a pocket but can also disappear with alarming frequency. He'll be another very high defensive lineman pick who never lives up to expectations. The club of Sean Gilbert, Dan Wilkinson, and Eric Swann gets a new member here...
...countless other women and men who has helped a friend deal with the turmoil following sexual or physical violence, you also know that violence affects Harvard students. You have held a crying friend, listened to her story and felt anger at your inability to make her pain disappear...