Word: confirms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Political Rights Defense Fund (PRDF) was formed to protect the Socialist Workers Party and, by establishing a precedent, to do the same for other groups by taking legal action and organizing support work. One of the problems which PRDF encountered was that of getting the federal government to either confirm or deny the existence of COINTELPRO. On January 7, 1973, the Socialist Workers Party filed suit on behalf of its members and those of its youth affiliate, the Young Socialist Alliance, against defendants Nixon, Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Mitchell, Dean, Huston, Mardian, and unknown others. The suite demanded $27 million in damages...
...Monitor in a storm-swept spot 15 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, at a murky depth of 220 ft. Using sonar equipment to locate the site and an underwater television camera to photograph the ship's remains, the team has pieced together portions of video tape to confirm that the Monitor's broken hull lies upside down in the water, partly buried under 3½ ft. of sediment. But the ruins of the ship are so fragile that attempts to lift them from the ocean depths would probably cause the 112 year-old vessel to fall apart...
...among Nixon, John Dean and, for a time, himself that had taken place on March 21, 1973. The indictment contends that Haldeman committed perjury when he related his version of what the tape records. Since the jurors have heard the tape, the conclusion is inescapable that it does not confirm Haldeman's testimony...
Although officials at the Institute refused to comment on or confirm Moore's nomination, reliable sources said yesterday that the appointment now only requires approval by the Board of Overseers before becoming effective...
...interested in marriage or their children than in careers. Women, on the other hand, assume that they will be tolerated only if they are superefficient. So they become experts at one particular job, then hesitate to venture out into something better but more risky. By thus hanging back, they confirm the assumption that they are not really committed to a career...