Word: differences
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...organization has not yet been approved by the College, he said. He said the magazine's aim, its faculty advisor and information on how it will differ from the Review will be announced next week...
...other nations have sent soldiers to the Middle East. The first is self-interest. The economies of the West are very much dependent on imported oil from the Middle East. When disruptions in the supply of oil take place, shock waves ripple through the American economy. Economists differ on how much higher oil prices will hurt our country, but our leaders in Washington recognize the threat to our well-being as serious enough to justify the deployment of troops...
...theory behind the new program is that cancers from different organs share certain "family" characteristics. For example, brain cells that turn cancerous might share qualities with other brain cancers but differ dramatically from colon cancers or leukemias. To look for common weaknesses among different types of cancer, the automation process tests chemical compounds directly against a range of 60 lines of living tumor cells grown in Petri dishes and representing seven leading cancer killers: colon, lung, melanoma, kidney, ovarian, brain and blood...
...making a list of how New Yorkers differ from other Americans -- even other city dwellers -- write "funny looking" near the top. Also write "jaded" or maybe "blase": New Yorkers have seen a million guys like that no matter what the guy is like. We've seen everything. We've seen everybody. We are not impressed. The common response of New Yorkers to the presence of the President in their city is not excitement but irritation. His motorcade is going to tie up traffic. He may think he's in town to address the United Nations or raise money...
...today's dissenters differ in important ways from isolationists of earlier eras. Though they may sound like leftist antiwar critics, these right- wingers tended to be die-hard supporters of the Vietnam War. But they differ with fellow conservatives, like former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who have been urging a quick strike to cripple Saddam Hussein...