Word: vanishingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Their "Annotation" (applying the techniques of history to a confusing modern document), which featured a doctor commenting upon a hospital bill, was almost laughably silly And the greatest problem is that unless their succession of short articles; tables and charts are extraordinarily compelling, they tend to vanish from the mind as soon as the page is turned...
...began last week, workmen dismantled the enormous portraits of the late leader and took down the red and black bunting that had shrouded the Soviet capital during four days of mourning. The hammer-and-sickle flags above the Kremlin were raised again to full staff. Most dead Soviet leaders vanish quickly into history. It was not clear how much of Andropov's legacy would survive the transition. For the moment, the watchword appeared to be continuity. Said a senior British diplomat...
McCandless started cautiously on the epic walk, slowly moving beyond the edge of the cargo bay at a sluggish .2 m.p.h.* But as he ventured deeper into the forbidding abyss of space, whatever apprehension he may have felt-NASA no longer talks publicly about astronaut heartbeats-seemed to vanish. "Hey, this is neat!" McCandless shouted, and then followed with a verbal bow to Neil Armstrong's famous comment when that astronaut first set foot on the moon: "That may have been one small step for Neil, but it's a heck of a big leap...
...sparks of well-timed humor relieve the melodrama. Tracey's mother returns early from a weekend away, almost catching her and Rourke under the covers. Rourke escapes out the window, and Mrs. Prescott's big news is a credit card for darling Tracey. However, such spots of lightness vanish in the film's overwhelming murk...
...prints, which has been on view at Burlington House since December. Do not walk to this one; run or fly, if you can. It will not travel; when it closes on March 11, a diorama of the energies that constituted one of the great moments in Western imagination will vanish. And the ritual of visiting Venice itself would be an imperfect substitute...