Word: existing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Astronomers reported the discovery of two planets orbiting stars similar to the sun. At least one appears temperate enough for water to exist, raising the tantalizing idea that it could possibly support extraterrestrial life...
...certain amount of control over it. In the days of slavery, for instance, owners believed that they could do what they pleased with their slaves since they gave them shelter, food and protection--basically, their livelihoods. While childhood would not be readily equated with slavery, a similarity does exist in that many parents supporting corporal punishment think of their children as their possessions. They feel that, since they are raising them and are responsible for them, no one, including the government, has any right to interfere except in extreme situations. Many claim that they should be able to do with...
...question is," she declares, "How many competing versions do you want?" The typography? Dickinson handwrote her poetry--resisted the printing of verse as editors oversaw it in her day. The growing consensus among scholars in our day is that not only does not authoritative typographic text of Dickinson poems exist, but that no definitive typographic edition is possible...
...much the same thought. Employment at AT&T, he remarks, "used to be a lifelong commitment on the employee's part and on our part. But our people now realize that the contract [the implied promise of lifetime job security in exchange for hard work and loyalty] does not exist anymore...
...Grace, an examination of poverty in the South Bronx. "There's a dramatic increase of children in foster care, and that's a very high-risk group of kids. We're not creating new jobs, and we're not improving education to suit poor people for the jobs that exist...