Word: existing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years, East-bloc officials have claimed that drug abuse did not exist in their countries, insisting that addiction was a product of "decadent" capitalism. Not anymore. In a dramatic about-face, Soviet and East European authorities have begun to crack down on drug suppliers, searching for ways to treat addicts and publishing an array of statistics to deter potential users. Reason for the turnabout: narcotics use not only exists in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe but is growing rapidly in some areas...
...ignorance and naivete, there is no denying that these may exist in those students as much as in other fallible human beings. But at least those who took to the streets had the distinction, in sharp contrast to some of us, of acting upon their true faith. China should congratulate itself upon having such courageous young men and women among its best and brightest. And it is extremely gratifying for me to realize that, despite so many years of repression, Chinese youth still retains ideals and visions--the best and most precious things of being young...
What they say about him does not matter....He knows that the things tht really deserve to be fought for exist, he will spend his whole life finding them and defending them if he has to. He is sure Antoine would agree...
...Times's Richard Mooney, "it will inevitably drive the original versions out of circulation." The sheer volume and, with improvements, prettiness of colorization will dull the taste, then the demand for the original. "What worries me," says Producer George Stevens Jr., "is that, psychologically, the films will cease to exist in black and white. The new version will replace the old in the public's mind." In short: the market shapes tastes; a corrupt market will corrupt tastes...
...less experience and lower qualifications than they did in the past. Newcomers are being promoted from the flight engineer's chair to the right-hand seat (the first officer's) and then to the left seat (the captain's) after logging fewer flying hours. "The , apprenticeship system doesn't exist anymore," claims ALPA's Duffy. Three major airlines -- United, American and Piedmont -- are for the first time hiring pilots who are past...