Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreement with the U.S.S.R. in his second term. But if his Administration officially renders a guilty verdict against the U.S.S.R. on the issue of compliance, the prospects for the Shultz-Gromyko meeting and future negotiations and agreements may be bleaker than ever. The Soviets will take the accusations as proof that the U.S. is looking for a pretext to scuttle arms control once and for all, while making the Soviets take the blame. At the same time, Congress and public opinion will be extremely skeptical about the wisdom of continuing to do any business with convicted cheaters...
Whatever else was happening in the election may take longer to assess. Political observers tell us that Reagan makes people happy, and that Americans love to be happy. But where are there people who do not want to be happy, and what proof is there that Americans, more than anyone else, seek happiness at the expense of reality? For that matter, what proof is there that Americans are especially selfish, or that those who preferred Reagan care not a whit for the poor, or are cruising for a war with the Soviets? Most citizens are as generous as they...
...wind was as swift as Carl Lewis, as strong as Vasily Alexeyev, and at least for a half, the Quincy House offense was as potent as 151-proof...
...sanction from public opinion, Reagan's "age factor" became a big news story. ABC's Sam Donaldson predicted that to win the second debate, Reagan had only not to drool. By relieving anxieties about his health, Reagan "won" the second debate while losing again on points; the proof was that he stayed high in the polls...
Although there is no hard proof, satellite photographs show that when the ship was loaded a dozen crates similar to those used to transport MiG-21's disappeared from a Black Sea pier, CBS said...