Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Erickson, by the way, says on that score: "I honestly cannot remember the signature process." The whole episode stinks, and if it doesn't deeply embarrass Harvard--embarrass it enough to can Erickson, or whoever had the bright idea to send him, embarrass it enough to apologize--it is proof of something...
...ancient pipes and hard-to-find shutoffs thwarted their efforts till nearly 11 p.m. When they finally fixed the leak, the Yard drained quickly and subsequent inspections revealed only minor damage to building basements and underground library stacks. By early morning, only a layer of mud was left as proof of the nighttime flood...
Ashley Montagu, 76, author and anthropologist, commenting on the ongoing debate between evolutionists and creationists: "Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof...
...favors that the Israeli intelligence services had rendered the U.S., such as sharing captured Soviet-made weapons and intelligence reports from agents who had penetrated terrorist organizations. The just-elected Prime Minister intended the catalogue to be Exhibit A in his first call on the U.S. President-documentary proof of Israel's contribution to the political and military interests of the West. Begin believed that Israel could count on the U.S. only as long as the U.S. counts on Israel as a partner in the common cause of resisting Soviet expansionism and Arab radicalism...
...Chinese are also working to solve some of the infrastructure problems. Peng Pang, deputy director of Shenzhen's External Economy and Technology Office, points proudly to the city's construction bustle as proof that there will soon be adequate telephone and road service. Says a British engineer in Hong Kong: "Shenzhen may look chaotic now, but all this digging means that by next year all the basic utilities will be installed...