Word: disappeared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Professor of English and American Literature Elaine Scarry argued that cadets offer unique perspectives which may disappear if Harvard cuts ties with the program. She also said that other means of funding must be found for these students if the University ceases to accept ROTC scholarships...
...shocking and terrible," says University of Chicago geriatrician Dr. Christine Cassel, "but it doesn't surprise me at all. The families of Alzheimer's patients sometimes just give up in despair." Such families have been known to drop their elderly charges off at hospital emergency rooms and then disappear. "It happens here probably once a month," says University of Chicago emergency- room physician Dr. Cai Glushak. "Before you can turn around, the person who registered the patient has gone. They've left no phone number, no address...
...begun to offer serious solutions to the economy's long-term troubles. On the contrary, both branches have permitted the budget deficit, which soaks up savings and hinders investment, to balloon to a projected $400 billion this year. And while the Administration once predicted that the deficit would disappear by 1996, it now foresees at least $200 billion worth of red ink for the next five years...
...1980s that understanding of the term seemed to disappear. In the decade's dismissive shorthand, feminism came to mean denigrating motherhood, pursuing selfish goals and wearing a suit. Whereas feminism was hip and fashionable in the '70s, antifeminism became socially acceptable in the '80s. First the fundamentalist right, then the White House -- and ultimately Hollywood, television and many journalists -- held feminism responsible for "every woe besetting women," Faludi writes, "from mental depression to meager savings accounts, from teenage suicides to eating disorders to bad complexions...
...years of their marriage, they were always side by side. When Omi would disappear somewhere for just a minute, Opa would wonder where...