Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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President Reagan's incredible victory in the AWACS controversy [Nov. 9] is proof of his strength and leadership. He must be admired for his persuasive powers and his ability to withstand and deal with unpopular issues...
...three books is listening to Lerner burble on and on and on about things that civilized men are supposed to keep to themselves. Perhaps the second greatest amusement is Fisher's apparently straight-faced comment: "The attention of a man like Lerner, a renowned intellectual, was proof that she had a brain...
...1870s. The city then was a makeshift village of shacks and sand trails hacked out of palmetto groves. When a freeze destroyed the citrus crop of central Florida in 1894, Tuttle picked a bouquet of orange blossoms untouched by the frost and sent it to Financier Henry Flagler as proof that South Florida was worth a look. Flagler, who was already building up St. Augustine, came, saw and was conquered; he built a railway to Miami and beyond, all the way to Key West.* During World War I, the Government put a number of training camps in Florida, and after...
Cambridge Express may well be successful; its higher-ups insist they are well ahead of all their financial objectives. If they are, it is damning proof of how totally historical the Phoenix's 15-year retrospective really is. There is one great paragraph in the current Express--part of a scenario about two people who meet an automatic money machine. "My impression is that if these two had met five, or certainly, ten years ago, their genuine passion would have reflected a public spirit which suggested that what was worth wanting was worth attempting. Presently, they have encountered a public...
Precedent favors Harvard. For many years Princeton has been at its best against Harvard; Yale at its best against Princeton; and Harvard at its best against Yale. And only one Yale victory over Harvard in thirteen years bears proof that the precedent has a solid foundation. And precedent in this case: John Harvard vs. Eli Yale is to be maintained...