Word: existence
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Finally, North will cease to exist as an arbitrary compass direction, and instead honor three generations of a family who have contributed greatly to the College. Unfortunately, many House residents are clinging to the name 'North' like a compass to a magnet...
...will also terminate the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. "I'm an equal opportunity terminator," said Rep. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today. Under the plan approved at a meeting of House Republican members, the caucuses could continue to exist if they are funded directly by the office budgets of the individual members. The action would save $5 million and mean a reduction of 96 taxpayer-paid caucus staff members, the Republicans said. Coming up: cuts of up to a third of the 2,200 staffers now working for congressional...
...series of lectures and discussions at Harvard, in an interview Gordimer pokes gentle fun at the overzealous reviewers and literary analysts who construe motives or find hidden meanings where none exist...
...take their message to people of differing backgrounds and perspectives. "In this increasingly fragmented society, we found that people tend to lead from out of their groups," Seaman continues. "The leaders we chose seem to have the potential to reach out beyond those groups, to bridge the gaps that exist in our world." Are TIME's selections prophetic? "The thing of it is," said Seaman, "I won't know whether or not we have hit the mark for at least another 15 years." Given the quality of the choices, however, it should prove gratifying to see how far they...
...read. Because of this high level of anonymity (for many users, read: adventure), some newsgroups become harmless forums where shy housewives may live out their fantasies, college kids can plan communist revolutions and strangers are introduced to one another. The cyberspace becomes a surreal, virtual world where characters exist only by the words their creators choose to write. And nothing more...