Word: exist
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...that the first hypervelocity star was found, but astronomers have believed since the 1980s that these stars might exist. A pair of gravitationally linked stars could wander too close to the black hole that lurks in the galactic core, causing one to be sucked in and the other to be violently flung off into space...
...that the reforms have broad support. Indeed, after spending centuries gazing lovingly across the Mediterranean to its stronghold on the Iberian peninsula, the Holy See now views Spain as a sad example of how the West was lost to the forces of secular humanism. Such doctrinal concerns don't exist for Rocío Martínez-Sampere and Jordi Domenech, who were born the year before Franco's death. For both of them, marriage is out of the question and careers are important. But, at 33, they are expecting their second son this spring. Becoming parents has been...
...discarded umbilical cord at Boston's Dana Farber Institute, to help him fight a rare blood condition called myelodysplastic syndrome. After doctors couldn't find a matching bone-marrow donor, the 58-year-old New Yorker says his last hope was cord blood, a solution that would not exist without parental donors. New parents, Beninati urges, "must understand the importance this decision can mean for the public good...
...Harvard’s administration tightens the College’s alcohol policies, a task force of students and faculty at Princeton charged with tackling the issue of high-risk drinking on campus is considering setting up a room party registration system similar to the one that used to exist at Harvard. The task force, called the Alcohol Coalition Committee, will report its findings in May, and has hosted two events to solicit student input during the past month. Another event will take place this Friday. The move to study a potential new alcohol policy comes amid increased concern about...
...film does not arrive at the saccharine grand conclusion that traditionally antagonistic peoples ought to embrace one another in an amour humane. Nor is there even a strong suggestion that relationships between new lovers or friends will overcome historic cultural divides. The cleavages between people will probably always exist, but sometimes something as insignificant as a band’s visit can momentarily extend a shaky bridge across the gulfs that normally keep people apart. The sincerity of this quirky little film is what carries it along. The acting, like much of the movie, is understated. It has no real...