Word: reappears
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Seeking to eliminate speculation that he will reappear in the race as the Reform Party candidate in the fall, McCain reaffirmed his commitment to the Republican Party...
...success of Question begat The $64,000 Challenge, in which those who had won $8,000 or more on Question could reappear. And then there was Twenty-One, which premiered on NBC Sept. 12, 1956. This program, chiefly the brainchild of producer Dan Enright, roughly adapted the rules of blackjack to a TV-quiz format: two contestants, two isolation booths, a series of questions worth from 1 to 11 points and drawn from 108 categories. Not only were these rules cutthroat; they were virtually impossible. No one would watch a show featuring two people being baffled by question after question...
When the hearings ended, the quiz shows disappeared. But they were not dead. They had merely entered a 40-year sleep, destined to reappear in our own, wildly materialistic time. And as the times are different, so are the quizzes. Today's shows are almost certainly not fixed. Not only would it be impossible to keep such fraud secret in this age, when every rumor finds a ready voice, but it is not necessary. The questions are too easy, answerable by a person of modest intelligence and learning. The early quizzes asked for information almost no one could provide...