Word: existing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Geological Survey adds up the old clues to get a new theory: the rings were formed on dry land and later sank below the sea. He believes that coral and other sea organisms, growing on a shallow bottom, will build up a flat-topped reef (like many that exist today). In some cases, he says, such reefs were raised above the water, probably by changes of sea level because of ice ages, to become full-fledged islands. Then furious tropical rain went to work on the porous coral, dissolving it. The center of the island eroded faster than...
...term "athlete's heart" should be abolished, said the A.M.A. Journal, because it suggests conditions that probably do not exist: "Exercise, even when strenuous, will not damage normal hearts." Nevertheless, too-strenuous exercise may injure a heart already weakened from other causes; young athletes should have close medical supervision...
...There are men outside the church," wrote the cardinal, "professing the Christian name, who deplore the divisions which exist among them. They talk about setting up and establishing a Christian unity, or, as they sometimes say, a unity of Christian action . . . They gather in international organizations; they hold congresses, conventions and assemblies...
...should be required reading in schools. It should be publicized from one end of the State to the other.... The facts which McMillan describes should be a source of deep shame to every resident of the Palmetto State, not so much because the conditions as he describes them exist, but because we are, for the most part, totally ignorant of them...
...blamed Covelli for not helping him. Recent municipal elections have shown a shrinkage of Monarchist appeal at the polls. On top of that, Covelli, against Lauro's wishes, suddenly went back on a Monarchist promise to support EDC. At that point, the man for whom the Monarchists presumably exist-49-year-old ex-King Umberto-sent a message from exile in Portugal which in effect scolded the Covelli faction and urged that Italy align itself with "a federated Europe." Help to Scelba. Last week the two factions broke apart. Covelli summoned a meeting of the party; Lauro canceled...