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Word: vanishing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long dis tance collect"; 2) inform this lady that her lost article has been found and will be returned if she will telegraph the necessary round-trip fare to the finder at Asbury Park, N. J.; 3) go to the telegraph office; 4) collect the money; 5) vanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 15, 1927 | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

...Pullman trips from Canada, could be secured at $6 for each quart bottle; 3) meet the rich citizen at an appointed place; 4) deposit in his automobile four cases of real old shoes, bricks, rocks, broken glass and garbage; 5) take from his hand $285 in payment thereof; 6) vanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Camel v. Man | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

...call her up "long distance collect"; 2) inform this lady that her lost article has been found and will be returned if she will telegraph the necessary round-trip fare to the finder at Asbury Park, N. J.; 3) go to the telegraph office; 4) collect the money; 5) vanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Aug. 8, 1927 | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

Thirsty desert travelers often glimpse sparkling oases which vanish on closer approach, are found to be mirages, optical illusions, frauds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Tourists, Excursionists | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

...marched 600 miles; and although his government has not yet been recognized by the powers, it is at present the most influential in China. I think that Europe will have to recognize this Canton government sooner or later; and when this takes place, the present phantom Pekin government will vanish entirely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foreigners Responsible for Chinese Difficulties Kwong Asserts--Chang Only Leader Interested in People's Good | 12/9/1926 | See Source »

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