"He looked in the mirrors and it just dropped out of sight, " Cynthia Scott said.

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The Mars Observer, launched in 1992, dropped out of sight three days before it was scheduled to enter orbit.

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"I got so interested I dropped out of sight for a couple of weeks watching every show, " she said.

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Jackson dropped out of sight last spring and his office later said he was being treated at the Mayo Clinic for a mood disorder, depression and gastrointestinal problems.

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But at the height of his popularity in the early 1970s, Mr. Lloyd dropped out of sight, moved to California's Big Sur, and pursued an internal journey, re-emerging only after a decade of spiritual exploration.

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He literally dropped out of sight.

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Then she dropped out of sight.

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And in the past four years, since he fulfilled his promise to return to Russia, he has dropped almost out of sight.

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As shoulders dropped, McCullum and Ryder proceeded to crash everything in sight all about, and sometimes out of Seddon Park.

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