Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nine bachelors commence at Cambridge; they were young men of good hope, and performed their acts, so as gave good proof of their proficiency with tongues and arts."--John Winthrop, Commencement...
...then circulated again and again through the ventilation system. Last week the National Research Council offered the nonsmoking majority some relief. After an 18- month study for the Federal Aviation Administration, the council recommended a federal ban on smoking on all domestic airline flights. The report offered no solid proof that smoke in airplane cabins is a genuine health hazard to nonsmokers, but it did conclude that the smoke causes watery eyes, headaches and other discomforts that make it a source of complaints aboard planes. No- smoking sections solve nothing, the researchers said, since fresh-air circulation in many crowded...
...Distillers. The company, suffering from falling sales of its Old Crow and Old Grand-Dad bourbons, was looking for something more up- to-date when one of its researchers came up with the idea while trimming peach trees in his backyard. With almost no advertising, the low-alcohol (48 proof) cordial took off faster than any other liquor in the industry's history, selling almost 1.4 million cases in the first half of 1986. More than 30 other brands of peach schnapps have now flooded the market. The popularity of the peach extends into the wine business. Riunite, the Italian...
Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and what more attractive and challenging surface than the skin around a soul? No proof of cupidity there. This, at least, was the feeling of Wyeth's fiercely protective neighbors in Chadds Ford as they were besieged by reporters last week. The locals understand the artist-model relationship, and they figure they know Andy Wyeth. So dismissive are they of any charge of infidelity that they are willing to entertain -- and be entertained by -- the possibility of a Wyeth scam. "This...
...that one day their city will again be whole. The wish is expressed openly on the Western side. "When the Wall was built, no one believed that the city would remain divided forever," says President Von Weizsacker. "That the Wall remains after 25 years is probably the most important proof of the fact that our feelings of belonging together are as strong today as in the past." On the Eastern side, officials insist that the "German question" is closed forever and denounce any suggestion of reunification. But the longing is not dead among the population. A visitor to East Berlin...