Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposal stirs as much concern as the commission's vague plan to adopt a "more secure" form of worker identification that would assure employers of the applicant's right to work in the U.S. Though the panel correctly pointed out that a Social Security card - the proof of citizenship most often asked for by prospective employers - is laughably easy to forge, the commission could not agree on whether the new system should consist of a "counterfeit-resistant" Social Security card or a new kind of identification card altogether. Some opponents fear that any sort of ID would...
...looking for the best people, one way to be sure of finding them is to let someone else do the screening for you," says International Harvester's chief recruiter, Kent Tool. Once the M.B.A. has been certified and hired, though, he bears a heavy burden of proof. One of the chief criticisms of M.B.A.s is that they are trained to think of themselves as bosses, and since they have a reputation for impatience and arrogance, they are closely watched to see if they earn their pay. One survey of top executives of 288 large corporations, by the accounting firm...
...used to be said that those who wrote the nation's songs were somehow more influential than those who wrote its laws, though since Bob Dylan there hasn't been much proof of this. Perhaps power now goes to those who affix the country's labels. Editors and others who do so should recall Albert Einstein's dictum that everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler...
Each year after a very careful screening process, during which the staff decides which swimmers will enhance the program as well as meet the admissions standards. Bernal, like all coaches submits a preferential list to the admissions committee. Proof that this list is considered but not rigidly adhered to is a top recruit from two year ago who has since achieved All-American status at another Ivy League institution after being turned down here...
...always been a salesman's maxim that Bibles are a recession-proof product, and, with America's new turn to old-time religion, business is in full boom. Sales run to more than $150 million a year in the U.S. The industry is not only growing but evolving, from a steady but unglamorous trade to a high-pressure one. Verily, the Bible is in the process of becoming the greatest story ever sold...