Word: disappearers
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...came to see me and complained about his appetite. His stomach actually was swollen and covered with blue lines. My appetite has disappeared, he said. Then take the matter to the police, I advised boldly. What about the digestion tract, he asked. Some rivets in the gut really had worked loose, there were bolts rattling around, and some welded seams had come apart. When all's said and done I'm no engineer and we're not living in some science fiction novel, but in ordinary Soviet reality, I announced to him and washed my hands...
...Blackstone apparently gave most of his secrets, and much of his orotund manner, to Harry Jr., who brings all of the old tricks, and a few new ones, to Broadway. The new, modernized Blackstone slices a woman in half with a 36-inch rotary saw; he makes an elephant disappear; he turns a lady into a tiger. Birds vanish, and an eagle suddenly materializes. A glowing light bulb leaves the stage and floats up the aisles, with the magician close behind, spinning a hoop around it to show that there are no hidden wires. Thirteen grown men, volunteers...
...Israeli policy is that there are no Palestinians [April 14], just "residents." Unfortunately, Israel seems to believe that ignoring the Palestinians will, in time, make them disappear. As evidenced by their pride and obsessive desire to return to their lands, the Palestinians are hardly willing to conform to this wish. Since we support the Israelis unswervingly, I think it is our ob ligation to awaken them before their dream world collapses into a bloodbath...
...SILVER in these paintings has tarnished black and the books themselves are fraying at the edges. The paintings--preserved for years inside these albums and now displayed behind two layers of glass--are not going to disappear. But after May 18, this exhibit isn't going to happen again. Stuart Cary Welch kind of sniffles when he talks about this, but then he smiles and hands you one of the "Wonders of the Age" buttons he has made. It's not everyday that you can see paintings that, as Welch says, "make the French impressionists look like wallpaper...
Belt tightening alone will not do. Prices do not level effectively if the available goods and services disappear faster than the available cash. A reduced budget does not mean a balanced budget if the tax base is severely eroded by bankruptcies and unemployment...