Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This government," she insisted, "has taken the wise and moral course, and I will challenge anyone who takes the contrary view." The new budget will raise government revenue by $7.7 billion-in part by imposing heavy new excise taxes on beer, liquor, cigarettes and gasoline. A fifth of 70-proof Scotch whisky, for example, went up from $11.80 to $13.54. The price of cigarettes jumped 31? to $1.93 a pack. Gasoline increased by 44?, to an eye-opening $3.42 per imperial gal. Consumers will also face increased personal income taxes. Reason: tax allowances will no longer be adjusted to offset...
...grocery store in San Salvador. Hidden behind a hollow wall, they found a plastic garbage bag and a large suitcase, both filled with papers. At first the papers sat on a dusty, police-office desk; no one imagined that the scores of documents would provide most of the U.S. proof that the Cubans and Soviets supplied arms to the Salvadoran guerrillas. Their recovery was due to the enterprise, and luck, of Diplomat Jon Glassman, 37, a political counselor at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City...
...Cairo, the press glowingly, and incorrectly, trumpeted that an Israeli professor had found a pharaoh in Gaza. Newspapers in other Arab countries tried to turn science to political advantage by claiming the find was proof that Palestinians had been in Gaza for more than 3 ,000 years...
...best bargain available is the International Student Identification Card(ISIC). For a vending-machine size photo, documented proof of your student status, and a six-dollar application fee, you get automatic travel insurance overseas, reduced prices on intra-European student travel, and special discounts on various tours and accommodations. You can pick one up at the Harvard Student Agencies(HSA) office in the basement of Thayer-B, or by writing to Council on International Educational Exchange, 205 East 42nd St., New York...
...Harvard students, the most obvious change is in the Yard where people one year out of high school are replaced by people with a year still to go. And the difference is proof positive that a year can matter. These kids may be cloning frogs for fun during the afternoon but at night they're all trying to bluff their way into 33 Dunster St. with fake I.D. cards. Either that or chasing members of the opposite sex with a vigor that makes the Freshman Mixer look like a 50th reunion cocktail party...