Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...London shipping company and then channeled millions of dollars in Mobil business to the firm. A jury found that Tavoulareas had been libeled and awarded him $2.05 million. Judge Oliver Gasch, who presided at the trial, threw out the jury's verdict on the ground that there was no proof of actual malice, though he noted that "the article falls far short of being a model of fair, unbiased journalism." In reversing Gasch, the appeals court ruled 2 to 1 that the Post's penchant for investigative stories could be a factor in determining if the paper had disregarded...
...Dahab must also soothe religious divisions aggravated 19 months ago when Nimeiri imposed strict Islamic law on Sudan. Under Nimeiri's draconian enforcement of the Sharia code, the country took on a strangely medieval air: public lashings and executions were reinstated, couples in the street were asked to provide proof of marriage, and thieves could expect to have a hand amputated. In the midst of the coup, the Sudanese proclaimed their resentment of the code. Suwar al Dahab, who is a devout Muslim but no fanatic, has already hinted that he may relax, though not repeal, the imposition of Islamic...
Finally, the educational benefits of technology also remain in dispute. There is still little proof that new devices yield lasting improvements in learning. Many studies purport to find such gains. But most of them can be explained on the grounds that students using computers were temporarily motivated by the sheer novelty of the machines or that more effort and better teaching went into the computerized courses than were devoted to the conventional classes with which they were compared. Thus, the learning improvements that early investigators reported form computer-assisted instruction shrank to nothing when the same teacher taught both...
...water" unless there was a "change in the formulation of policy." The President offered no hint of any new flexibility. But the next morning he dispatched National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane to brief some 20 congressional leaders of both parties in the House Intelligence Committee's bug-proof room high in the Capitol. That afternoon Reagan held a press conference to announce his "proposal for peace in Central America...