When its army limped home from what its leader referred to as "the bleeding wound" and its economy imploded, the USSR unexpectedly -- and surprisingly peacefully -- disappeared.
How can we live freely in this country when those who peacefully protest disappear?
It depicts him, as the label puts it, "at once disappearing peacefully into the American landscape and being violently suffocated by it".
But it seemed odd that a chicken that had peacefully dwelled in my backyard for more than two months disappeared only a few days after her picture appeared in this newspaper.
However, as Berghahn concludes, the alternative vision of organizing a modern industrial society on a civilian basis--in which people peacefully consume mass-produced goods rather than being 'consumed' by mass-produced weapons--had never disappeared.
Nurseries where maternity ward visitors can gaze upon newborns dozing peacefully in their bassinets are disappearing as hospitals shift their focus to strengthening the mother-child bond in the first days of life, officials say.
What is clear is that, even if the band dissolves peacefully, local hatreds will take a long time to disappear.
"There can never be an excuse to disappear people, especially when those persons are peacefully expressing their dissent with the government of their country," the group said in a written statement.
And when those disappear, scores of new "leaders" take their places, sometimes peacefully, sometimes with bloodshed.
Or is it merely the "Zionist regime" that is to come to an end perhaps peacefully, after the Palestinian refugees have returned and decided by referendum?If Israel is to disappear, will Iran be the agent of its destruction?
The 5.4 million people of Slovakia, which was formed in 1993 when the old Czechoslovakia peacefully split apart, hoped that the corruption, crony capitalism and economic stagnation associated with Mr. Meciar's rule would disappear.
