Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...illiteracy of the people-and their representatives in Washington. Gresham's Law may be as applicable to individuals as it is to money."† But the convention at which he spoke, a meeting of the American Statistical Association, and twelve kindred societies convening simultaneously in Philadelphia, was good proof that U. S. economic illiteracy is no longer quite so black as it once was. For of nearly 5,000 men present at the great annual economic camp meeting the public for the first time recognized perhaps half a dozen names of notable economists among a list which included (besides...
Immediately throughout the land arose a great medical scoffing at the Tripp decision. Professor Horatio Hackett Newman, University of Chicago authority on twins, exclaimed: "Such an occurrence is scientifically possible, but most difficult of proof. Parentage tests cannot be made until children are 7 to 9 years old. Even then such tests are largely negative. The most reliable method of proof-blood tests-might be useful, although that would be accidental...
...anyone needs further proof of Long's worth to our nation, I suggest that he be in Congress on that memorable day when Huey rolls in that chart, 18 by 36 feet or thereabouts, collars some confrere, and startles the nation with the Long plan for recovery. The only trouble with it, said Huey, is that it might take a long time to work...
...especially my admiration for your willingness to publish in Letters any reasonable proof of your errors in reporting, thereby correcting the impressions remaining in readers' minds...
...chauffeur's compartment is a gold and silver panoramic view of old Egypt with Egyptian dancing girls thinly veiled, going through rhythmic motions." The carpet was oriental, the interior fittings silver and ivory. Reporter De Long subsequently learned more facts about the limousine. It was a bullet-proof Maybach-Zeppelin. 22 ft. long, weighing four tons. with 12-gear shift and capable of 100 m.p.h. Its cost: $52.000. "Whose is it?'' he asked inside the hotel, and was given a card: E. VIRGIL NEAL...