But despite the support of computer makers groaning under Intel's dominance, trying to hitch a ride on the back of a grumpy 800lb gorilla was proving a precarious form of existence.

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Without the discovery of and ability to produce fossil fuels, it is likely that mankind would still be mired in a Medieval form of existence, reliant on burning wood for heat, horses for transportation, and still living largely in the dark after nightfall.

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It is boldly heretical in that it posits the existence of the atom as a basic form of matter as well as the non-existence of gods or God.

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It is the most immediate form of musical expression in existence, and the language that we use to state our deepest, truest feelings.

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Increasingly, he became convinced that religion, in some form or other, was a necessary part of human existence.

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Scientists have previously established the existence of water on Mars in the form of ice at the poles and water vapor, and pointed to geological features that appear to have been carved by water ages ago.

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Unlike banks, hedge-fund managers cannot be paid deferred bonuses in the form of shares in the parent company: there are no shares in existence.

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The tax authorities also may disregard the existence of the intermediary company based on substance-over-form principles.

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The soon-to-be-launched New York Sun, named after a deceased publication famous for whimsically proving the existence of Father Christmas, will be a 12-30-page broadsheet a form of newspaper that, apart from the Times and a handful of other publications founded in the 1800s, has largely ceased to exist.

ECONOMIST: A noble, if oxymoronic, quest