Word: proof
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...therefore "paramount" to avoid any change that "would potentially invite re-examination" by the commission -- a memo known among commission staff members as the "somewhat smoking gun." The commission resolved that this memo "plainly indicates" uncertainty existed about the ownership structure but that otherwise it offered no proof of a deliberate campaign of deception...
...Johnnie Cochran is representing four victims of the Oklahoma bombing in their suit against Imperial Chemical Industries, a company that makes fertilizer like that used in the bomb. They claim ICI was negligent for not including an additive to make the fertilizer less volatile. ICI says there's no proof its fertilizer was used to make the bomb...
Yeltsin: The very fact that the President is coming for the 50th anniversary of our common victory is eloquent proof of the profound changes that have taken place in Russian-American relations in a relatively short time. The main point is that the partnership between Russia and the U.S. is becoming a living reality. It is perhaps most active in the sphere of international security. Having done away with confrontation, we have given our people a chance to live for the first time without fear of the threat of a nuclear...
According to an old Italian saying, Chi dorme coi cane si sveglia colle pulci (Who sleeps with dogs gets up with fleas). For proof, look no further than the history of Italy's now shattered Christian Democratic (DC) Party. After World War II, with Washington's tacit approval, some DC leaders formed an unofficial partnership with Sicily's Mafia to block the ominous growth of communism on the strategically important island. The Communists and their then allies the Socialists had together captured 30% of Sicily's vote in the 1947 elections, in contrast to 21% for the Christian Democrats...
...President Boris Yeltsinsignals that he hashigh hopes for the May 9-10 Moscow summit with President Clinton, although many have already written the meeting off as pro forma. "The very fact that the President is coming for the 50th anniversary of our common victory (V-E Day) is eloquent proof of the profound changes that have taken place in Russian-American relations in a relatively short time -- just four years," Yeltsin said. "Having done away with confrontation, we have given our people a chance to live for the first time without fear of the threat of a nuclear war." Asked...