Word: vanished
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Huskies are still a powerful team, and the Crimson has had problems of its own lately. Harvard is coming off Saturday's tear-jerking 3-2 loss to Princeton in which the Crimson saw 2-1 lead vanish before its eyes...
...divorce, multiplied by remarriage, expanded by new birth technologies -- or perhaps all of the above. Single parents and working moms will become increasingly the norm, as will out-of- wedlock babies, though there will surely be a more modern term for them. "The concept of the illegitimate child will vanish because the concept of the patriarchal nuclear family will vanish," says Leslie Wolfe, executive director of the Center for Women Policy Studies...
...will probably disappear. Basic mathematical, reading and writing skills will still be required of advanced students, along with, for Americans, a solid background in U.S. history and government. But there will be greater specialization for students who want it. The mass-production approach to the high school diploma will vanish in favor of competency tests in subjects as diverse as physics, metalwork, music and graphic design. Potential employers and college admissions officers would then have a much more specific idea of a student's skills and training...
...many of those lost jobs would probably vanish anyway, either going under to foreign competition or moving to Asia. And there is an advantage to keeping even lost employment closer to home: manufacturers who move to Mexico are more likely to retain their proximate U.S. suppliers than are those who move to Asia. In fact, the trade pact may persuade many U.S. and other companies to shift production from low-cost Asian plants to low-cost Mexican plants, which could generate additional business for U.S. suppliers...
...recurrent fantasy among gays has been that one day, unexpectedly, every homosexual and bisexual in America will wake up purple, and when friends, relatives, neighbors, co-workers and other acquaintances see how many gays there are, and how many of these people already hold their trust, bigotry will vanish. In a sense, AIDS has done this. Fatal illness has forced some celebrities out of the closet and prompted others to assert their sexuality as an act of conscience. The sheer volume of suffering has made homosexuals less exotic and more sympathetic. Slowly the message is getting across that gays neither...