31.   MediaOne explained later that the handoff from BellSouth incurred problems, when there was some difficulty confirming the existence of my two phone numbers.

32.   More detailed observation will be needed to confirm the existence of the planet, he said.

33.   Nawwaf confirmed the existence of the survey but did not address the level of support.

34.   Officials confirmed the existence of the policy, but would not say when it went into effect.

35.   Other sources also have confirmed the existence of this raid.

36.   Prince Nawwaf confirmed the existence of the survey but did not address the level of support.

37.   Physicists expect the experiment to confirm the existence of neutrino oscillations like those seen in the Super-Kamiokande detector.

38.   Red Sox spokesman Kevin Shea would not confirm the existence of the mascot, other than to say that the matter has been discussed internally.

39.   Q. Were you surprised by some of the recent discoveries confirming the existence of black holes?

40.   Some geneticists have poked holes in his original methodology, and others have failed to confirm the existence of the gay gene with their own studies.