Bill Lumbergh and Miranda Priestley may both be very different fictional movie (and book, for the latter) characters, but they share something in common.

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These couples may be more likely to stay together because they share something in common, even if it's an interest in meeting someone of another race (at Spark's InterracialSingles.net).

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This is something they share with the great music of the past.

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Giving fans something they value enough to share is what builds the groundswell that sustains a movement.

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It may seem difficult to believe, but iOS and Android users do share something in common: they both like to eat.

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"When people share a faith, it means much more than when they share a love of golden retrievers or something, " she says.

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For, in their reproductive behaviour, people share something with fish that they do not have in common with many of their fellow mammals: men often invest heavily in their children.

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They also found people willing to help them and even in times of terrible hardship to share something of their lives.

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If something works particularly well for you, share it with your colleagues so they can also implement it if it makes sense in their context.

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Assuming bondholders stand firm, then euro-zone governments face a straight choice: Either they step in to take a share of the losses for the first time in the crisis or they allow Greece to default, something they have fought hard to avoid for the past two years.

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