Mr Stannard argues that mankind is living at a special time when it can contemplate the failure of its most successful attempt yet to understand the universe, but this is as unsatisfactory as arguing there is something special about the universe that allows mankind to exist.

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When I was an editor, it was more about me and something special I brought to the job.

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He said there was something special about this body that set it apart from the other 30 or so buried in the same cave.

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By the time Ian Humphreys replied in kind for Ulster, even the guests in the new hospitality boxes had deserted their indoor video screens and taken seats in the open air, reluctant to miss any of the action and sensing that something special was about to unfold.

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We are intentional about the details because we want to create something special.

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Even in death, it would seem, the woman who helped give the world the Mona Lisa was recognised as having something very special about her.

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People come up with great ideas all the time, but it takes a special talent to do something about it.

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Every person in the Senate, as my colleagues behind you can tell you, brings something special about them.

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The fact that she had done so well in the super-G, which was even less her discipline than the giant slalom, made me think that we were about to witness something pretty special.

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The team can talk about the three games they potentially have to come and know they are close to something very special.

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