Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Europe, and its own internal jealousies, the voice of France sounded bold and clear last week. By a thumping 377-233 majority, the French National Assembly ratified Foreign Minister Robert Schuman's two-year-old plan to pool Europe's coal and steel resources. It was proof-and proof was badly needed-that France can still take the lead in Europe when boldly led herself...
...predicted it would total only $30 million for the fiscal year. Canadian inflation has been kept within tolerable limits by tight credit restrictions rather than direct price controls. As a result, Canada's economy is regarded abroad as one of the soundest and most orthodox in the world. Proof of her reputation was the fact that the Canadian dollar, one of the world's few free currencies, last week was riding a five-year high of 98 U.S. cents in the foreign-exchange markets...
There is a charming new department in the Advocate, entitled "Errata" and consisting solely of tid-bits "regrettably" omitted from the Faulkner issue due to "proof errors." We look forward to the inclusion of this department on a regular basis, as it is a unique way of providing continuity from one issue to another. Miss Karmel seems to have been singled out for "the treatment" by this month's proofreaders. She was deprived of more than one set of quotation marks which should rightfully have been hers, and was subjected to the delightful variant: "So I just waived my hand...
...every Gamesman knows, the final score is the proof of the gambit. With Sedgman displaying the same whirlwind form that won him the U.S. title, he took just 58 minutes to give Savitt as sound a thrashing as the Wimbledon champion has taken in years. The score: 8-6, 6-0, 6-4. The result, on the eve of the U.S.-Sweden zone finals, made good gamesman Hopman a likely candidate to go down in Gamesman history with such famed experts as Frith-Morteroy (master of the art of Countering the Crock), Edward Grice (specialist in the Secondary Hamper...
...beginning to sell rollers. But brush makers are not giving up the battle. Sears, Roebuck recently began selling a brand-new 4-in. wall brush that can be broken down into two smaller brushes simply by unscrewing the handle. Next week Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. is introducing a shed-proof, synthetic-bristled 7-incher for only $3.69 (v. $25 and up for 5-in. pig-bristle brushes...