Word: proof
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flood did not actually begin with Farber, but with the Supreme Court's 1972 ruling in Branzburg vs. Hayes that reporters could be compelled to testify before grand juries. Many journalists argue that Branzburg and a few later decisions are proof of a growing judicial-and perhaps public-hostility toward the press, and fear that prosecutors and defense attorneys are exploiting that mood...
Many will see it as proof that the Kennedy School is merely an appendage of official Washington, an institution dedicated to intellectual justifications for the status...
Anywhere in China, the banquet follows protocolar rules as rigid as those of the minuet or mah-jongg. Beside every place setting are three glasses: a big one for beer and two shot-size glasses that will briefly contain mao-tai, a colorless 160-proof liquor that could power China's first moon shot, and a red, rice-based wine that tastes like a blend of Campari and cough syrup. The beer, bitter and warm, is served immediately and may be immediately sipped. The mao-tai and the wine, however, are reserved for toasts, which soon ensue, copiously, capaciously...
...reached Beirut, horrified Shi'ites promptly accused Gaddafi of having imprisoned or murdered the Imam because the Libyan viewed him as a rival to his own ambitions as spiritual leader of the Muslim world. The embarrassed Libyans quickly sent a team to Rome that claimed to have documentary proof that the Imam had left Tripoli on schedule. The Palestine Liberation Organization, which feeds on Libyan oil money and also backs the Muslims in their struggle against Lebanon's Christians, dispatched its own investigators to Tripoli. They reportedly turned up the Imam's baggage, abandoned in a hotel...
...federal ban on interstate shipments, and have succeeded in recent years in getting 17 states to legalize its use. They scored another success recently when the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that terminally ill cancer patients could procure the injectable form of Laetrile for personal use. Nevertheless, scientific proof that the drug works is lacking...