Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. John Arnold Heydler, 86, old-time sportswriter, chairman of the board and longtime (1918-34) president of baseball's National League; after long illness; in San Diego. Heydler began his career as a printer's devil, once carried a proof of a Government document to the White House, where he recited Casey at the Bat for President Cleveland. He helped to install baseball's first commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and was a pioneer in establishing the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown...
...falls recklessly in love with a raven-haired Coptic 16-year-old named Aziza. Their furtive courtship gives Author Schiemer a chance to explore Egyptian domestic customs from cuisine to boudoir. One custom: the exhibiting of the wedding-night bedsheet to the bridegroom's parents as proof of the bride's virginity...
...best proof of the need for the profession has been its continuing growth and acceptance. While the shady firms look constantly for new suckers, the sound outfits have lists of waiting clients, and report that 80% of their customers come back regularly. But even the management consultants know that they must be used sparingly. Like antibiotics, they should be called in only when necessary, lest the corporate body lose its own vitality and capacity for self-correction...
There is no proof for Orlov's statement other than his word, Malia said. If the story is true, he added, it is surprising that no one has discovered it before...
...Life, Levine gives an account of his discovery of the document and his "proof" of its validity. Malia, however, said that the document is probably a forgery...