Word: vanished
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arthritis Cure (St. Martin's Press; $22.95). With 16 million Americans suffering from the crippling pain of osteoarthritis, it's not surprising that a personable young doctor promising a "cure" would get his minutes of fame. Or that his book's initial printing of 100,000 copies would vanish from the shelves within days...
...within a few decades many of these traditions will vanish, or at least change beyond recognition. In many African nations, minority tribes are being culturally assimilated--if not physically wiped out--by the ruling majority; in others, rural villagers are migrating to the melting pots of the cities. Even those who stay behind are finding the lure of Western music, culture and clothing irresistible. Nobody believes the trend can be stopped, or that it is necessarily a bad thing--for example, in the case of female circumcision. But scientists do want to document Africa's existing cultures before...
...projection crew would wrap up their daytime activities (foraging, digging, shooting at helicopters, etc.), descend underground and prepare for the evening's unspooling. Shortly thereafter, the audience, bubbling with anticipation, would arrive through the various connecting tunnels. On movie night, the entire population of a small hamlet would simply vanish underground. Up to 100 guerrillas and their families would cram into the dank screening chamber, taking pains not to sit on any poisonous vipers. (The moviegoers would try to ignore the rats, which were tolerated as an important V.C. food group...
...globalization of our societies and economies actually might provide many more opportunities than the above discussion indicates. Certainly, the comfort of a safe, prosperous and leisurely existence in a guaranteed profession may vanish for almost all but a select few, and even students of this prestigious and established institution are not likely to be excluded from this development. In this respect, one can be reminded of the early 1940s...
Since my editorial "Confederate Flags Must Vanish" appeared in The Crimson on March 5, this newspaper has received much reader mail from outraged Southerners. I expected that they would be incensed with my portrayal of Dixie, and looked forward to their responses and criticism. I was disappointed by the weakness of their counter-arguments, but then again, it's pretty challenging to defend hundreds of years of inhuman slavery and several generations of equally abhorrent Jim Crow apartheid...