Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Europe, U.S. arms aid should, in the long run, be sufficient to build up adequate European armies. These armies, plus the North Atlantic Treaty's promise of instant U.S. retaliation, should be enough to deter the Russians unless they are bent on all-out war. (Taft's proof: U.S. air power and its atomic bombs have deterred Russia up to now.) Ike Eisenhower has succeeded "by the force of his personality ... in persuading the European nations of the tremendous importance of arming themselves in a joint defense." But the Administration's decision to "build up a great...
...Vliet admitted that no single piece of evidence provided absolute proof, but particularly, Van Vliet noticed the condition of the uniforms and boots. If the officers had been killed after two years in prison camp, these would have shown much more wear, Van Vliet thought. Lieut. Colonel Donald B. Stewart, another U.S. prisoner of the Germans, told the committee that he agreed with Van Vliet. Other investigators have pointed out that many officers were dressed in fur coats and woolen scarves-dress suitable for Smolensk's cold spring but unlikely for August when the Russians claim the Poles were...
...proof that the election was honest was incontrovertible: the ins took a terrible shellacking. President Elpidio Quirino, well-meaning but weak, the leader of a party infected with corruption, had come to power in an election as crooked as a hatful of fishhooks. Last week, in almost every reach of the islands, his Liberals lost to the opposition Nacionalistas, led by Jose Laurel, the able but embittered man who was President of the Philippines under Japanese rule. (Collaboration has largely ceased to be a political issue in the Philippines since the late Manuel Roxas, once No. 2 in the puppet...
...student, who has been brewing 170 proof liquor since early last spring, admitted to the investigators having broken up his latest, largest still...
Aaron Copland is a much better composer than conductor. On the podium he seemed awkward and uncertain, and I don't know how the orchestra was ever able to follow his obscure beat. But his music, fresh and invigorating, gave ample proof that he is one of the five or six really significant composers in the United States today. Unlike most of his contemporaries, Copland concerns himself with melodies per se; his compositions usually contain several good tunes, but not much depth of feeling...