Word: proof
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Sanford cited a study of male and female undergraduate's responses to exams. Men who had done well tended to say things like, " 'See, I'm really smart. I knew it all along. This is just proof,'" Sanford said. Men who had done poorly tended to say, " 'The questions were trick questions. The professor's out to get me.'" On the other hand, women who had done well responded, " 'I got lucky,'" while those who did not attributed it to laziness, she said...
...light on the customs of the ancient Jews and the cultural backdrop against which Christianity developed. Most startling are new passages that record in great detail the physical beauty of Abraham's wife Sarah. These include descriptions of the contours of Sarah's breasts, which Charlesworth interprets as proof that Judaic culture was not as puritanical or repressed as many scholars have suggested...
Police said Kent-Brown was charged with simple assault, which does not require proof of malicious intent for conviction. Conviction carries a maximum sentence of one year's imprisonment or a $1000 fine...
...order to find members of the printed mediaguilty, the court must have proof "that furtherpublicity, unchecked, would so distort the viewsof potential jurors...that 12 unbiased jurorscould not be found," Abrams quoted Burger assaying...
Abrams cited one case in which a judgeconcluded, "no punishment could be imposed forcontempt unless there is no doubt that theutterances in question are a serious and imminentthreat to the administration of justice." Abramsresponded to this statement by asking, "When...cana legal test be met that requires proof that thereis `no doubt...