As I stared out over the landscape I listened to stories about the mysterious forests that grow in the vast shadow of Mount Fuji, and about how people disappear in them.

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You fight with a series of tosses and grapples, occasionally kicking enemies up into the air, all before slapping them in cuffs and watching as they disappear magically into the ether.

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Be alert enough to avoid stepping in them, and they will generally disappear on their own.

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That's the other problem: If someone goes insolvent, like Villemont Geneve did in 2009, replacement parts and those qualified to service them could disappear.

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Seventy percent of them are believed to be undocumented, and he says these jobs do not disappear in a bad economy.

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And in the last couple years, many of them saw a hefty chunk of their deferred compensation practically disappear when their company stock hit rock bottom during the onset of the financial crisis.

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