Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proof is in the pudding," a wise man once said, but even the Indian Pudding paled next to mom's. And the list of grievances goes...
...letter to K-School Lampoon editor Jeffrey Bleich, a fourth-year student there, Williams demanded that the spinoff "cease immediately any use of the word 'Lampoon' in the title of any publication." He added that unless proof of Bleich's compliance was provided promptly, he had instructions from Ma Lampy to "seek legal remedy...
...Barry Clifford. A high school teacher turned treasure hunter, Clifford, 40, found the wreck in 1982. He was convinced that it was the Whydah, but officials of the Massachusetts board of underwater archaeological resources wanted proof. Last week they had it. After Clifford brought up the vessel's 18-in. bronze bell, the corrosion was chipped away, and the ship's name was uncovered. Clifford had made history: the Whydah is the only sunken pirate ship ever found. The glory of that discovery is Clifford's. But a fourth of the value of the ship's treasure that could...
Barrera and others also sharply criticized Duarte for sending two other daughters, a daughter-in-law and five grandchildren to the U.S. a few weeks after the abduction. Duarte says he has proof that a network of guerrilla spies closely monitored the activities of all his children and planned additional kidnapings. Indeed, he says, two other daughters narrowly escaped abduction attempts. But the critics contend that moving his own family to safety undermines confidence that the government can control the rebels. "If he doesn't feel secure, how secure should we feel?" asked Barrera...
...have helped physicists to track down more and more members of the large and seemingly limitless bestiary of subatomic particles. Last year, for example, Rubbia shared a Nobel Prize for having discovered, using the CERN super proton-antiproton synchrotron accelerator (SPPS), the W and Z particles. His finding provided proof for a theory that united two of the fundamental forces, electromagnetism and the weak force...