11.   From here on in, the Knicks need to justify their existence.

12.   Foreign and ancillary markets like video and network sales represent pure gravy, not the only hope these bloated but undernourished turkeys have for justifying their existence.

13.   Hedge funds, however, which cater to the wealthy and to institutions like college endowments, are finding it easier to justify their existence.

14.   How did a nation based on the concept of liberty and justice for all come to justify the existence of slavery?

15.   If that were all the United Nations had done in its whole history, it would be reason enough to justify its existence.

16.   Intellectuals have to have a way of justifying their existence, of serving power, of sounding profound and so on.

17.   Johnny Depp has the kind of face that justifies the existence of cinema.

18.   Nikita constantly looked for ways to either justify her existence or make a run for it.

19.   Siegfried Hecker, the current director, says the laboratory now has to find reasons to justify its existence.

20.   Super Bowl justified its existence Sunday.