This imbalance is especially the case in biology, where factors in a real-life phenomenon are often misunderstood or never noticed in the first place.

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The phenomenon has also affected campus life.

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It would be a shame to leave Berlin without investigating the phenomenon of Ostalgie -- nostalgia for life in the old East Germany.

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This phenomenon was to rear its head throughout my life and cause many difficulties.

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Navigating through the CD-Rom, a child can explore five different branches of Antarctic research: ocean life, glaciers, astronomy, albatrosses and a strange phenomenon called whistlers, which are faint echoes of Northern Hemisphere thunderstorms.

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Others said the experience offered a rare front-row seat to a phenomenon unfamiliar to most American cities, tested their faith or simply reminded them of life's fragility.

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The phenomenon has most likely always existed, but we just talk about it more because life seems to be passing us by more quickly and we want a buzzword to hold onto.

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