Word: disappear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also South Padre city attorney and a part owner of the luxurious Hilton condominiums, which have sold out even before completion of construction. "There's not a lot of proof about erosion. Some say it's 20 ft. a year, but I have not seen 20 ft. disappear since 1955, when I started coming here. It's a problem no one can forecast. If I hire competent engineers and architects for a condominium, I don't think I owe any responsibility to a buyer 20 years later as long as I've disclosed...
City Manager Lilljedahl says the only long-range hope for his island is to find a way to reverse the erosion. "Otherwise," he says, "we will disappear." Cunningham insists that with all of the resources avail able, a way will be found to conquer the sea's appetite. The town is about to hire an engineering firm to study solutions, such as extending the existing jetty or building groins off the shore to reduce the impact of the waves. But Geologist Morton is skeptical. "Any attempt to trap sediment on the island only works when you have a good...
...firmly under its control. No one could be quite sure when that would happen. Amin might decide to make a brave last stand at Jinja, or he might simply flee to either Libya or neighboring Kenya. But it was also not beyond belief that Big Daddy would simply disappear into the bush, and carry on with a government-in-exile somewhere in the wilds of northern Uganda...
...sure about her work and does it well, but the bags under her eyes will never completely disappear. Being the first woman sports editor hasn't slowed her pace. Schreiber brushes back her hair, takes a puff on her cigarette and sighs. "I haven't had a moment's free time in five years...
...Libyan revolution. Our revolution is based on an international ideology, not on a national movement. We have established what we call a "jamahiriya, "which can be defined [Gaddafi shifted from Arabic into English] as "a state run by the people without a government." We believe if governments disappeared and the peoples of the world governed themselves, peace would prevail. The main elements of our new socialism are the vanishing of wages and rents. Employers would disappear; those who are paid wages should become partners in work...