She said the believed there was a girl called Laura buried in the garden and she had "disappeared as quickly as she was introduced".

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All that pretty talk at presentations organized by underwriters quickly disappeared in a haze of restructurings and admissions that the company was overstaffed and expanding imprudently.

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In most of these situations, the war ended quickly, spending was reduced, deficits disappeared, and the Treasury no longer had to print money or pressure the Fed to help with deficit financing.

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Quickly his name was in headlines, an embarrassing dancing video was trotted out, his job disappeared, and he was burning through savings.

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