Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...opinion," he wrote, "based on the evidence presented at this hearing, that marijuana is a harmful and dangerous drug." In fact, "as far as I can ascertain, its only purpose is the induction of a state of intoxication or euphoria. The drug has a great attraction for young men and women of college age or less during their formative years, when they should be gaining the education and experiences upon which to build their future lives. The use of the drug allows them to avoid the resolution of their underlying problems rather than to confront them realistically. While marijuana...
...made of many people with the same last name on the chance that one might be the rightful heir. If you are interested in further information, would you please send a $6 "copy fee" to cover the cost of obtaining "duplicates of documents filed," so that you might better ascertain whether you have a claim...
...keep hearing a great river of sound flowing around me," says Japanese Composer Toru Takemitsu, "like machines grinding away or air whooshing out of a ventilation duct, or voices of people talking with each other. As a composer, I merely dip my hands into this river and ascertain the meaning of whatever sounds I've fished from...
...recommend that the Bureau of the Census and the National Center for Health Statistics conduct a birth registration and enumeration matching test in conjunction with the Census of 1970. The aims of this test should be: test completeness of birth registration; ascertain census under-enumeration of the young; determine quality of both birth registration and census data; study differentials in infant mortality by characteristics in family or household...
There can be no doubt but that West German TV broadcasts are received in East Germany and that such broadcasts do carry a certain load of propaganda. But the West Germans are amateurs in the art of political propaganda, as anyone will ascertain who has ever had the pleasure of listening to the "Deutschlandsender" or even the "Freiheitssender 904". In any case, West Germany does not jam East German broadcasts or punish those whose TV antennas are turned to the wrong direction...