Word: confirms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Postel said investigators are using the state Department of Public Health laboratories to confirm the species of salmonella causing the poisoning...
Last week the British government released a 500-page investigative report that seemed to confirm the worst suspicions. Not only has Rhodesia received a steady supply of petroleum products since its secession, but for at least eleven years British subsidiary companies were among the chief suppliers. Worse, Her Majesty's government, at the very time that it was piously trumpeting its sanctions against Rhodesia, had quietly acquiesced in a plan to circumvent them...
...Powell's briefings did little more than confirm that a summit was in session, at least they provided a skeletal view of events inside Camp David. In the first days of the conclave, it was clear that the U.S. was feeling out the positions of both the Israelis and Egyptians. As part of this process, the three leaders met together three times, for a total of 6˝ hours. Although the three weekend sabbaths?Muslim, Jewish and Christian?slowed the pace of the talks somewhat, they gave the participants an opportunity to review what they had learned and analyze potential areas...
...defeat was a bitter pill for the Crimson to swallow as it seemed to confirm the nagging doubts that had surrounded the Harvard eleven going into the game. With the exception of a couple of breathtaking plays that accounted for Harvard's two touchdowns, coach Joe Restic's high-falutin multi-flex offense flim-flammed for most of the game...
...argument that Begin is the primary obstacle to peace. Sadat, in fact, is believed to have come to the U.S. convinced that Begin is less interested in a peace agreement than "in having a greater Israel." If Begin's actions at Camp David should appear to confirm this, Sadat believes, Carter may decide to side openly with Egypt against Israel. In addition, there could be a significant weakening of the U.S. public's traditionally pro-Israel attitude...