Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ruthless man of fiery oratory and charismatic good looks, he was the standard bearer for his country's most extreme anti-Communist elements. There were rumors aplenty (but no proof) that he had links to right-wing death squads and that he was involved in the 1980 murder of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. Just one year ago, he nearly defeated Christian Democrat Jose Napoleon Duarte in a closely fought presidential election. But last week the political career of Roberto ("Major Bob") D'Aubuisson, 42, was at least temporarily eclipsed, when he resigned as head of the ultra-rightist Nationalist Republican...
However, a night's observation of door policy at the Kong or the Filly will tell you that a library card is often adequate proof of age. But because these bars businesses depend on the Harvard student trade, they sometimes don't look too closely...
Even if it did, minors wouldn't have much chance of getting one. The agency promised Harvard two years that it would demand proof of age from all its patrons. Although HSA has been lax, no underage student will be drinking English ale, French champagne, Spanish sangaria and German bier on an international i.d. "Over the summer we had some problems with it because we didn't really know the policy," she says, "But ever since school started, we've been really strict about checking the birth date...
Despite the disclosures in Le Monde, however, direct proof of government involvement was missing. A major breakthrough came from Le Canard Enchaine. In its Sept. 11 issue the magazine speculated that another, heretofore unknown, team of French agents might have been sent to New Zealand to blow up the ship. A week later Le Monde Reporters Bernard le Gendre and Edwy Plenel revealed that two frogmen had placed mines on the Rainbow Warrior before escaping. Their orders, the paper said, had to have come from a high level within the government, since none of the military figures involved would credibly...
Kirkland House held a party last weekend where students were required to show proof of age to drink and "the party worked just fine. All the sophomores came and had fun," Ferry said...