Word: proof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SEEING IT: Attention, New Hampshire couch potatoes: Stand up and salute! Pat is gunning for second place in New Hampshire, and this patriotic, feel-good ad is designed to remind conservative voters that Pat is the candidate of 100-proof conviction, unlike the wishy-washy front runner and that rich-boy publisher who is spending his way up the opinion polls. It also reminds New Hampshire voters that Pat was the nervy David who tilted at the Goliath of George Bush only four years...
...walk to the yard has become the daily trudge. Now, it's not that slogging through inches of slush while dodging falling icicles isn't my idea of fun. It is. In fact, it's right up there with Tibetan yak racing and funnelling Ole Grand-Dad brand 140 proof whiskey. However, the number of miserable-looking people I've seen slipping and sliding on their way along the streets leads me to ask that question which I'm sure is on the minds of thousands of fellow Cantabrigians: why is Harvard incapable of clearing the sidewalks...
...entirely on research done by the petitioners. cspi's Jacobson too is concerned that responsibility for demonstrating a food's safety is shifting to the wrong hands. He notes, "Judging from the FDA's handling of olestra, it appears that to prevent approval, there would have to be absolute proof that a food additive is harmful. It shifts the burden of proof from the company to the public." He also points out that several panel members have worked as consultants to the food industry. (The FDA counters that representatives from industry add important expertise to the committee, and that those...
...Kyocera, the G1 combines the compact, noiseless flexibility of a rangefinder with the auto-everything magic of SLRs--minus the blinking lights, beeping sounds and bulk. With its four state-of-the-art Carl Zeiss T* lenses, the G1 is a thoroughly modern version of the classic Leica, proof that retro is the wave of the future...
...reject the President's last-minute veto on Tuesday night of a bill that would restrict class-action security fraud lawsuits. The Senate action, which follows a similar House vote Wednesday, assures that the securities bill will become law. Republicans had spearheaded the push for veto-proof passage because the bill limits attorney fees and can force the losing party to pay fees and costs if the suit proves frivolous. Powerful leaders of high-technology firms backed the bill, one part of which shields executives from lawsuits if they make public statements, such as earnings projections, that later prove...