Word: disappeared
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...Prestige is a movie about the rivalry between two magicians. But it ain't a movie about magic tricks. What's the point? With editing, you can make the Statue of Liberty disappear...
...farmer at the event, described her poverty-stricken community of banana-growers in Ecuador. She belongs to a 350-member farmers’ cooperative, which exported products directly to consumers. “This banana money makes it possible for the producers to continue to be farmers and not disappear,” Arevalo said through a translator. Rich Bonanno, a local New England farmer, also advocates fair trade as a way to protect small farms from falling agricultural prices due to cheap foreign imports. “The [U.S.] corporations are not the problem...Now my competition...
...with the North Koreans. Squatting by the side of the road and smoking a cigarette, a young Chinese man clears his throat and spits. "Those stupid bastards, look how far they are behind us." He gestures to the other side of the river where the trucks crossing the bridge disappear into a solid wall of night, the electricity-starved North Korean town bathed in blackness. The flashily dressed man stands abruptly and tosses away his a cigarette, heading back towards the bars and restaurants that line this side of the river bank. "Now they are making bombs. They should learn...
...classic pose with the caption "H.R. 4943 Gone with the Wind." (You have to be a Congressional aide to appreciate the humor.) They were referring to the Committee's pretexting bill, Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act, which they approved last May only to see it disappear from the docket when it was time for a floor vote. Committee member Representative Jan Schakowsky believes the anti-pretexting bill was delayed "because of the Administration's concerns that maybe they were using the tactic themselves," says her spokesperson. Democrats speculated about a link to the National Security Administration...
...otherwise retreat from the world that I knew and loved - that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity United Church of Christ one day and be baptized. It came about as a choice and not an epiphany; the questions I had did not magically disappear. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side of Chicago, I felt God's spirit beckoning me. I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself to discovering His truth...