Word: existing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...onomatopoeic, but convey aspects that are not necessarily associated with sounds, especially in English--such as manner, color, taste, smell, silence, action, condition, texture, gait, posture or intensity. To students of theoretical syntax, the serial verb construction found primarily in certain West African languages is of great interest. There exist many other interesting aspects of the languages of Africa, that are most instructive and worthwhile to philologists and objective students of humanistic learning...
...President, López Portillo inherits leadership of a nation that is rich in contrast and color but impoverished in terms of national fulfillment. A small percentage of the population is comfortably rich; a large portion is lamentably poor. Lavish playgrounds for international jet-setters exist almost side by side with villages still run by caciques, or chieftains, who seem to belong to the last century...
...support of these interests almost certainly depends on the willingness of the P.L.O. to soften its stand toward Israel, for Vance has warned that "it is difficult to see how progress can be made" so long as the P.L.O. refuses formally to recognize Israel's right to exist...
...invented them, fairies would have to exist. How else could mortals account for lost objects and the malfunctions of the material world? It was no accident that a new strain of elves-gremlins-magically appeared at about the time of World War II, when things began going wrong with airplanes. For centuries the presence of fairies helped temper parental rage at the misbehavior of children; the ethereal little devils were responsible. When things went bump in the night, it was far better to suspect the hobgoblins than creatures more substantial and threatening. Most important, the winged folk held...
...appears likely that the passage of such a proposal will end the boycott; without passage of such a proposal, it appears the votes to continue the boycott do indeed exist. It is now crucial that CHUL move quickly to draw up a proposal if they wish to gain the confidence of the freshman committee...