Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...implications of the decision for the criminal justice system loom large indeed. Not only is there no proof that a more narrow application of the exclusionary rule will yield more valid prosecutions, but such cost-benefits, analysis focuses excessively on the short-term pros and cons of laws--rather than the long-range impact of such a major change in this country's governing document...
...protesters sought not revenge but peace of mind, to go to bed at night knowing the fate of their dearest. "Both my husband and my eldest son disappeared eight years ago," said Fatmi Hassan, 54, proffering two smudged black-and-white photos as proof. "The Christian militia took them away. If they are alive, I want them back. If they are dead, I want to know they are dead." Said Jamal Khoury, a Christian whose husband was last seen in the Chouf Mountains in September: "He must be dead, but there is something inside you that...
...current activity is any proof, Lee really did and still does have fun playing baseball. Perhaps that is his grand conclusion, simply that the game is something to be enjoyed. His critique of those who would take the joy out of the game is right on the mark. It is when he tries to explain some of his fun that he spoils ours...
Lobbyists swarmed around the bill and exerted pressure that led to contradictory results in the case of so-called sin taxes. Taxes on distilled liquor will rise by 340 on an 86-proof fifth, but cigarette taxes will be cut in half, to 80 a pack, as previously scheduled. House tax writers had sought a smaller reduction, but they lost out to a tobacco lobby that was strongly seconded by North Carolina Republican Jesse Helms, who is running for re-election to the Senate. Securities firms won a big break for investors. For the next two years they can sell...
...parapolice murder gang. Can Hades be tricked into abandoning his evil intention by the underworld nymph Mintho and Hermes, the lust distracted messenger god? Are the gods, in fact taking proper care of their silly, self-important human charges? Good questions, written it seems with a shaking hand, but proof read perhaps with a hopeful, some what unpracticed smile...