Word: disappeared
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Bonner might also have examined what happens to a forest when the elephants are gone: how some trees disappear while others close in, pinching off the network of trails used by other large mammals and reducing the amount of herbaceous vegetation growing on the ground that provides sustenance for lowland gorillas and other creatures. For millions of years, elephants have opened African forests, fostering conditions beneficial to other large mammals. Bonner, who tends to view elephants solely as a resource for humans to use, never raises the question of whether Africa's ecosystems can survive without this animal that once...
...must do more than simply sign a peace plan," Christopher warned at his Saturday briefing. "It will take actions on the ground to convince the international community of their good faith." Yet he acknowledged privately that "if the negotiations make headway, the chance of military action will all but disappear...
...neither their fault not their responsibility, just as the "overachievement" of Asians should be explained psychologically, in a way that smacks of mechanistic determinism. This saps the will to excellence, first by devaluing academic achievement, then by explaining it away. This kind of talk causes individual effort to disappear in a web of social, economic, and psychological barriers and forces beyond their control. So what's the use of studying...
Guillermo looks up. "How could they disappear" -- he snaps his fingers --"just like that...
Many critics agree that Shakespeare was a fine playwright. Of his plays, many of the same critics praise Hamlet in particular. But this megahit does feature two flat characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who appear, fawn sycophantically over everything that moves, and then disappear, apparently to die horribly for no particular reason...