Replacing Fonts Removed with Font Book

Font Book shows that several fonts that I frequently use, such as Times New Roman, have problems. If I remove them, where do I find replacements--the MS Office install disc, and do I have to reinstall the entire MS Office?

Start with Font Management in OS X
and if that doesn't solve your issues, see:
http://images.apple.com/pro/pdf/L311277AFontTTv4.pdf
http://www.creativetechs.com/tips/SVC-fonts/Fonts-2007-SVC.pdf
http://dl.extensis.com/downloads/SC/EN/P/FontsBest_Practices_inOSX.pdf
http://www.macworld.com/article/44942/2005/05/julyworkingmac.html

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    DavidMac wrote:
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