Word: disappeared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tests show that in many of them, the viral load has dropped below detectable levels. Relieved of the burden of fighting HIV, their long-suffering immune systems can finally tackle the deadly fungal and bacterial infections that have taken hold in their lungs, intestines and brains. Fevers break; lesions disappear; energy returns...
Some Miamians say it is time for the city, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, to disappear gracefully. These activists claim to have gathered more than the 12,000 signatures needed to get a referendum on the ballot in the next few months that would break up the city into Dade County. "You don't abolish the citizens, you don't abolish the streets and sidewalks. You abolish a political system that isn't working," says Rafael Kapustin, a downtown businessman...
...cranked on that Extra up in the press box like there was no tomorrow. Every five minutes, Matt would exclaim, "I love this!" Truth be told, I loved it too. And as the sun began to disappear over the horizon, I almost wished our project would just take a little bit longer. But like all good things, it too came...
Without an honor code, Harvard remains an institution overtly suspicious of its students. Proctored exams, a practice that would disappear with an honor code, insult the very integrity we are meant to have. The proctors prowl up and down the aisles with the suspicion that we might cheat. Thus, during exams, students are reduced to "potential cheaters" and not considered mature individuals who have gathered to learn. Only one person can go to the bathroom at a time during an exam at Harvard. What kind of trust does this imply the University has in its students? Harvard applicants are accepted...
Harvard students are not usually the type of people who complain that they've fallen and can't get up, but when you realize how easy it would be to disappear, it's nice to know that people might miss you. If you hear a friend is sick, call him up later in the day and ask how he's feeling. If you haven't seen a friend for a week, stop by her room and ask where she's been. And if you haven't seen your roommate in a while, start looking...