Yet, there still exist numerous opportunities for brands who have not formally attached themselves to NBA sponsored events to get some bang for their buck over the next couple of days.

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"There's certainly less gang activity and there are still gangs that exist but there are fewer serious incidents compared with 10 years ago, " he said.

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Effluent waste from these concentrated animal facilities are undermining what little clean water and healthy micro-nutrient cycles still exist out there.

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Somehow, someway, there are some people out there who still claim it doesn't exist.

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For a midcareer leader, this may be a time to move back to the creative ferment phase, accepting that the ground is shifting within her industry, that there are no guarantees that her job will still exist in the same form within just a few more years, but that untold new possibilities may exist.

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Having said that, I just -- the only reason I raise this is because I don't want to paper over the fact that once we make all the regulations smarter, eliminate the dumb ones and so forth, there is still going to be some tensions that exist around, well, how much do we value these extra 10, 000 jobs versus these extra 100, 000 asthma cases.

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And if you drink beer without hops in it, and there are one or two examples of beer that still exist, it's an awful lot more like wine.

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Orchha was an ideal place to build a capital as the town is sheltered by thick forest, which is probably the reason that these age-old monuments still exist in excellent condition, despite there being no major preservation efforts.

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Aside from entertainment, there is perhaps a darker, mythical origin to the modern art of magic, but does does real magic still exist?

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