Word: existence
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...primatologists the bonobo did not exist at all until 1928, when researchers first noticed that the chimpanzee-like animal they had long been calling a pygmy chimp was in fact an entirely separate species. In the decades that followed, the physical differences between the newly recognized bonobo and its larger cousin were thought to be all that distinguished them. Then, in the 1970s, Japanese primatologist Takayoshi Kano began observing bonobos in the wild and noticed a key difference: in the bonobo culture, unlike the chimp or human culture, males were not the dominant gender...
...most of the Arawaks perished on the transatlantic journey or soon after their arrival in Spain. So he threw his energy into collecting gold. In Haiti, he ordered that all Indians over age 14 surrender a quota of gold every three months. The quota was unattainable--gold did not exist in the quantities that Columbus imagined. Nevertheless, Indians who did not meet the quota had their hands cut off and bled to death...
...half-dozen community service organizations already exist in the College, but Jason Q. Purnell '99 wants to add another...
...improvement of their respective athletic programs. It appears that they are. Harvard has more varsity women's teams than any other college in the country, and many of them are among the nation's elite. There is no pressing demand for a women's team that does not currently exist, nor are any women's teams being cut to divert funds to men. "There are no women athletes being denied athletic opportunities because of lack of funding," commented Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis...
...Jerusalem." Using such terms as the "Judaization of Jerusalem" is clearly an attempt upon the part of Arafat to return to the faculty and regressive claims of the Palestinians that Jews have colonized their land. This, surprisingly, comes after Arafat's recent acceptance of the Israeli right to exist...