Word: proof
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...Oberg says: "Neither capitalism nor communism has provided what people want. The rate of unemployment in the capitalist world shows this. And the suppression of democracy in Poland and the refusal in the East bloc as a whole to give the true working class its say in society is proof communism doesn't work...
Administration critics in Congress remained skeptical. Even Senate Republicans chided Haig for the absence of proof when he appeared before the Appropriations Subcommittee. "Your policy is being questioned by the American people, and abandoned by friend and foe alike," said Wisconsin's Robert Kasten. "If you have any evidence of outside interference in El Salvador, it is imperative it be brought forward. We want to support Administration policy, but we find it difficult to do so." Said Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy: "We are having trouble with your contradictory statements. This is hard on those of us who must make...
...speech set off at hysterics in The Nation can rightly be termed an uproar (may indicate there are a few remaining who see Sontag's speech as heresy, the fact that student activists on this campus have been more concerned about South African than the Ukraine might be proof of a subtle. Perhaps subconscious, willingness to set up double standards for "leftist" regimes (The again, it might not be evidence. South Africa, after all doesn't have any ICBM's). Still and all, a little smugness surely justified. This generation of leftists suffers from few of the delusions of their...
...strength of the guerrillas' resistance at Guazapa was dramatic proof of their increasing tactical skill and their growing threat to take over the tiny country, which is roughly the size of Massachusetts. The blunt assessment of one U.S. State Department official: "The military situation today in El Salvador is not as good as it was two months ago." American military analysts believe that the Salvadoran armed forces are only "marginally" able to hold their own against the rebels. Reasons: a lack of tactical training, and declining morale...
Arms control has a complicated history. In the earliest days of the nuclear age, some concerned scientists had argued that unilateral restraint would induce the Soviets to follow suit. There was not the slightest proof that the Soviets operated by such a maxim, and overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown said during the Carter Administration: "We have found that when we build weapons, they build; when we stop, they nevertheless continue to build...