Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Here in my box, no doubt, was the proof. I finally got up the courage to open the envelope, but it took a while for the message inside to register...
...tacitly assumed that there may be some survivors among the 2,528 men missing, including 560 lost in Laos. The anguished families believe that as many as 300 of them are still alive. Neither Viet Nam nor Laos admits holding any prisoners, and no one has ever found solid proof...
...Hmong tribesmen were apparently the first secret reconnaissance force to enter Laos on behalf of the soldiers missing in action but not the first ones to try. Angered by the refusal of the Carter Administration to accept and act on the uncertain proof that Americans are being held in Southeast Asia, families of the missing raised a dozen-man commando squad of their own-an underfinanced and overaged group of veterans from the Green Berets. Their improbable training center for an operation code-named "Velvet Hammer" was an academy for cheerleaders in Leesburg, Fla., near Orlando. Their leader was retired...
Skeptics disagree. While studies have shown that changes in diet can cut blood cholesterol, there is still no conclusive proof that these reductions prevent heart disease. Moreover, between 60% and 80% of the cholesterol in the blood does not come from food but is manufactured by the body. Eating fewer cholesterol-laden foods, argue critics of the diet-heart hypothesis, does not lower cholesterol levels enough to affect the rate of heart disease or attacks...
Despite the obvious discrimination against her, Horne broke barriers for black entertainers, and both races found in her a symbol, a proof that black actors could make it in Hollywood. She was desperate to return to New York, which she loved, and to all of her friends. Says she: "I really hated Hollywood and I was very lonely. The black stars felt uncomfortable out there." But no less a person than Count Basie persuaded her to stay. "You have to," he argued. "They don't give us a chance very often. When they do, we have to take...