41.   Rather than disappear as a casualty of obsolete technology, the nimble-footed California company simply changed its reason for being.

42.   Some commissions such as the Recreation and Parks Commission might disappear as the borough boards take over some of their responsibilities.

43.   Some of the most onerous options are apt to disappear as anxiety wanes, some security experts said.

44.   The blast was so powerful that half of the building disappeared as smoke and flames overtook the rest.

45.   The discrepancy that Christy found, he says, will disappear as climate models and measurements improve.

46.   The fortification disappeared as each song faded.

47.   The federal budget deficit turned almost overnight into a huge surplus -- which in turn disappeared just as fast.

48.   The group says its territory is in danger of disappearing as warmer temperatures raise sea levels.

49.   The Hutu militia, which fled deeper into Zaire, would not disappear as a problem, the officials said.

50.   The oil and aircraft industries have all but disappeared as bulwarks of the regional economy, and most of the formerly influential banks have been merged into out-of-town institutions.