Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could have been made more subtly. A lower, very steady tone would be better than stridency." Many foreign diplomats in Washington agreed. Said a French diplomat who represents the Common Market: "Carter's rhetoric is tough, but the program is not." Added an official in the British embassy: "The proof of Carter's intentions will be in the execution. If you don't follow up, you risk inviting Soviet influence into the area...
...Olympics are a sporting event, not a political affair." That, of course, is not true. The Olympics long ago became politicized, with authoritarian societies like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sparing no effort to train their athletes-all in the hopes of piling up gold medals as proof of the superiority of their political systems...
...view, they were all protected by the First Amendment. Dissenting in 1951 from the conviction of Communist Party leaders for advocating the overthrow of the Government, Douglas wrote: "Free speech-the glory of our system of Government-should not be sacrificed on anything less than plain and objective proof of danger that the evil advocated is imminent...
...registration) is proof of a cold war mentality and I do not agree with it," Stephen King '81 said...
...simply a mixture of unleaded gasoline and anhydrous ethanol, which is 200-proof, water-free grain alcohol much like the stuff that gives the kick to gin and vodka. In the U.S., the mix is 9 to 1, but in other countries the ethanol content is higher to save even more oil. Brazil, for example, expects all of its citizens to be driving on gasohol with a 4-to-1 mix by the end of 1980, at a saving of about $500 million on its oil import bill. Moonshiners can distill a lower proof ethanol from such materials as corn...