Word: vanishings
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...much of the hype and hope that surrounded Rebuild L.A. has seemed to vanish into the air. Instead of moving quickly forward with its plans to generate $5 billion worth of investment in the city over the next five years, the group bogged down in squabbles between community organizations over adequate representation on Rebuild L.A.'s 80-member board of directors. "Rebuild L.A. has left a lot to be desired," says Kaffie Powell, a retired postal worker and president of a South Central neighborhood advisory board. "There's not been as much effort as there should...
...situations of his eternal travelers: his sentences wind their way around line and stanza breaks, often avoiding consistent, literal reference, turning the normal finalities or fixedness of cliches and buzzwords into things entirely strange. The poems are always about identifiable states of mind, but scenes and referents often shift, vanish or blur to better reflect the minds which contain them...
...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...