Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, the Ivy teams play in a meaningless group of five. Everybody in athletics knows that five is too small for a league, and the Pentagonal provides the living proof. First place is the only one that counts, although second has a certain (very minor) prestige. Once first and second are out of reach, the league standings provide no stimulus to either competitive spirit or spectator interest...
...University of Washington's engineering school, a Christian Scientist: "Who endorses fluoridation? Why, the different state agencies, the U.S. Public Health Service and others who are working for socialized medicine in a welfare state . . . The issue of fluoridation is not an ordinary issue. Only the positive proof that a clear and present danger exists would give us reason to change our American way of life." Politicians began to scramble for the fence...
...Chase dropped to a 32 after the first minute and a half, and Princeton took the lead, but the Crimson overtook the Tigers and won--the first Compton Cup victory for Harvard, and proof that Bolles' new system was best...
Problem: how to allocate Germany's contribution to the European Army. Britain insisted that West Germany must keep contributing toward the cost of British troops in Europe, as she now does under the occupation. But West Germans consider such a payment another proof of inequality. Solution: all of Germany's financial contribution will go into the European Army treasury; British troop costs will come out of the common kitty...
...Canadian government has rolled up a record $722 million budget surplus in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, but not all Canadians are happy about it. Some critics point to the surplus as proof that taxes are too high. Others argue that it is evidence of bad financial planning, that government estimates of income and expenses must have been far out of line...