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With three key players out because of injury and USC in desperate need of depth, the Trojans are taking the rare step of adding reinforcements at the midseason mark.

From Los Angeles Times

Several key partners had already left the firm before that decision, but the deal prompted several lawyers in the litigation group to depart as well.

From The Wall Street Journal

Egypt was also a key mediator between Israel and the Gaza militant group Hamas.

From The Wall Street Journal

The other was the vagus nerve, a key communication route between the brain and internal organs such as the lungs and digestive system.

From Science Daily

These new measurements support a key prediction of general relativity and could help scientists investigate black hole spin, accretion physics, and how jets form.

From Science Daily