Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Your sect by it's sufferings," wrote the author of the Declaration of Independence, "has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal spirit of religious intolerance, inherent in every sect, disclaimed by all while feeble, and practised by all when in power." After spirited bidding at Sotheby's in New York City, the browned, spotted piece of paper went to Ludwig Jesselson, 75, a collector of Judaica. The price: $396,000, the highest figure ever paid for a presidential document...
...dolls was tagged for the Heard Museum in Phoenix. The mementos form a miniature gallery of the career of the crusty, often irascible and always independent Senator from Arizona: his dedication to U.S. military strength; his lonely conservatism, which prefigured the more popular version that followed; and a 100-proof Western sensibility that was never diluted by the genteel mores of Washington...
...REFUSING STUDENT REQUESTS for an open meeting to discuss Harvard's investment policy, a member of the seven-man Harvard Corporation last week went down on three counts. The rejection of student requests by member Andrew Heiskell could well have been designed as proof of the students' concerns. First, even a considerate and well-explained "no" would have been an example of the kind of communication requested by the student groups. The Corporation would have lost nothing by such a response, and both sides would have gained. The Corporation, however, not only refused to communicate...
...have to do something to put this thing down," said a Robertson aide earlier this month. "It's getting out of hand." The suits dramatize Robertson's intention to fight any hint that he sought to evade combat duty in Korea. In libel cases, however, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff. It is likely to be difficult for Robertson to prove that his father did not use senatorial influence to protect him from combat. But if he is hoping that the prospect of an expensive, time-consuming suit will force a retraction from McCloskey, Robertson has underestimated...
...terrorist tracks. Circumstantial evidence could be found of Syrian links to dozens of actions, including the bombing of a TWA plane over Greece last April, attacks at the Vienna and Rome airports last December and the bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut in October 1983. But solid proof has been hard to come by, which has allowed Assad to assert his innocence. Just three weeks ago, in an interview with TIME editors, he insisted that "no terrorist acts are carried out from Syria, by Syrians or others...