Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thoroughly wise woman, the Mother Superior remains aware of her self-imposed blinders and seeks an alternative justification for her faith. She wants a miracle, tangible proof that her choice was not wrong, in Agnes, Mother Miriam believes she has found that miracle. Agnes has at ethereally lovely singing voice--an apparent gift from the angels. She remains touchingly childlike, innocent of the facts of life, of her own body, of people. She is, Mother Miriam claims, a human being whose innate ties to God have not been sundered by the exigencies of life and fate...
...show would be candid footage of the real FBI at work. Cut to Hoover reading the daily paper and writing in the margin of a news story, "I am amazed the Pope gave an audience to such a degenerate. "Cut to Sullivan expounding on the Bureau's standards of proof; "It may be unrealistic to limit ourselves as we have been doing to legalistic proofs or evidence that would stand up in court." Cut to a G-man calling up the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and under the pretext of being a potential contributor, pumping them about their future plans...
...that you could tell from the response the audience gave punctuating the performance with rapid-fire pops of champagne corks, and yells to roommates on stage. There was enthusiastic cheering for almost any reason, and quite often no reason at all. Yessir, the proof (about 110) was in the Pudding last night. Some of that approval was deserved--especially by the night's two, terribly underutilized heroes...
There is no proof Nicaragua supplies arms to the Salvadoran revolutionaries. While Managua clearly sympathizes with the guerillas. It has reportedly sponsored joint patrols with the Honduras to counter any weapons smuggling...
...Yale was really up for us, "Harvard assistant coach Pris Proof said yesterday, and a look at the first four matches confirms that view...