Word: existing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe in the strength of symbols, in the weight of words as well as actions. I wanted, at that moment in the darkness, to trust in the reality of a future where fear of violation does not exist. I wanted both public and private spaces to be areas of safety. At the same time, it was almost enough to know that I was with other people who shared that hope, and who were fighting for its fulfillment...
Billie's attorney, Bruce Rogow, says the real threat to the panther has been the overdevelopment of South Florida by whites; since 1978 five Florida panthers have been killed by motorists, and others have been shot by white hunters. Naturalists estimate that only a few dozen panthers exist in the Everglades today...
...proposed cutting back of most of the college's graduate school programs has caused unrest among students. Under the new plan, only Bryn Mawr's "most prestigious" programs, such as Classics, Archaeology, and Art History, would continue to exist, Cisneros said. There are currently graduate programs in 26 fields...
...tracks here are those on which pop and punk co-exist as equal partners. "I Don't Wanna" has the most easily discernable melody of any of the songs, carried by lead singer Evan Dando and a nifty bass line. The guitars on "I Don't Wanna" are used more for texture than anything else, and the whole conglomeration reminds you of Moving Targets' approach...
There is a theater crowd in places like Davenport, which is why bus-and- truck tours exist. The doyenne here is Mary Nighswander, a little old lady who wears her white hair in a bun and speaks telegraphese ("Knit it myself," she asserts of her sequined cardigan). Nighswander runs the Broadway Theatre League, which has been bringing bus-and-trucks to town for 27 years. She has a $25,000 check in her pocket for tonight's show. If she doesn't hand it over by intermission, she says, "the cast sits on the curtain for the second...