Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barger believes further controls will inhibit creative research. "One cannot advance science by dictation," he said. While, as Barger points out, "in any society there are going to be one or two culprits," the animal activists look at any single case of apparent animal abuse as proof that more controls are needed...
...afraid of doin' time so long as I kin do it fast." Then he goes up to the clubhouse with Daddy Rich. He lies on a mattress puffing on an El Productocigar hollowed out and filled with chiba chiba. There is a bottle of 150-proof Bacardi rum by his side. The cassette player throbs and, for a moment, Baby Love is warm and secure, at peace and flying high...
...dazed investors and exhausted brokers, the market's gyrations were ultimately reassuring proof that the world economy is not teetering on the, brink of collapse, as a minority of economic Cassandras have been insisting. The unwillingness of the markets to stampede into a state of panic was also a major failure for self-styled Investment Expert Joseph Granville of Holly Hill, Fla. The stock market hip shooter, whose forecasts have been wrong as often as right, has over the years gained a large and loyal following among investors who subscribe to his weekly market newsletter and hang...
...Angels are part of a concept, as is the world that they seek to patrol. It is difficult to avoid the distraction of arguing over the Angels' specifics: their berets, their rumbles, their bragging. At a certain level, the Angels are dangerous according to these specifics, but such a proof would apply only to the Angels. The next group would make sure not to repeat the Angels' mistakes; they wouldn't wear uniforms and their leader would keep a lower profile...
...this episode is not the only proof. In recent weeks, the tenants at 122 Mt. Auburn have received letters in the mail describing how they can take advantage of a "relocation service" conveniently situated in an office in the building. The man in the office helps tenants find new homes in Cambridge and thus empties the building and weakens the power of the remaining tenants who are determined to stick and fight. And the letter, signed by Harvard Real Estate (HRE) officer Lorraine Wade, went out despite a city-imposed ban on mass communications to tenants in the building. Harvard...