Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Certainly, Sally's portrayal is made extremely subjective in the directors' choice of cinematic language. Yet the film's seed in reality grows to encompass issues beyond those of most current films. In times of multi-million-dollar fiascos and successes that lack significant content. The Dozens stands as proof that there are effective alternatives...
There is no question that Egypt and Pakistan all have legitimate security concerns. Yet last week's pronouncements provided further proof of what has long since become an alarming and accelerating commonplace: for large and small nations alike, weapons sales have become the chief tool of diplomacy. "They are now major strands in the warp and woof of world politics," writes Foreign Policy Analyst Andrew Pierre in a forthcoming book, The Global Politics of Arms Sales...
Much of the merchandise is prosaic - flashlights, generators and, for fighting file clerks, a bullet-proof clipboard...
...NEWS THAT SEVERAL Eliot House residents were hoping to turn the fashion clock back two decades by wearing suits and ties to dinner showed up on the front page of papers across the nation; apparently, it struck editors as a sort of proof of the notion that a conservative mood is gripping the country's campuses. In this case, we're less convinced of the specific than the general; most students seem to be laughing at the boys in Eliot. But we do think this campus, like many others, will see more conservatism in the future. That is a trend...
...questioning was no less sharp from members of the House Armed Services Committee, who quizzed Weinberger next day. Chairman Melvin Price, an Illinois Democrat, complained that the Pentagon lacked proof that "36 MX missiles in Titan silos will be any less vulnerable than the missiles presently in those silos." Many House members, as did some Senators, also attacked the Administration's plan to build 100 new B-l bombers at a cost of $200 million apiece...