Word: proof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Long a reactionary bastion, the Republican party has been associated with balking at change in areas such as civil rights, the environment and social reform. Now, the new majority party is trumpeting the causes previously endorsed by liberals--change, progress, new ideals--and presenting the Contract With America as proof of its sincerity...
...types: many the size of one star, and others believed to be as large as a million or more stars, which lie in the middle of galaxies. Today's findings seem to show that the second type does exist. Lemonick said, "This is not absolute, iron-clad proof that's it a black hole but it's such strong evidence that nobody doubts...
Loose translation: "See? I was right." Like other NAFTA critics, Perot sees Mexico's turmoil as proof at last of the trade pact's perils. And he sees more proof in the offing: after the peso's plunge, with Mexican labor even cheaper, American jobs will head south en masse. The poorly concealed glee of NAFTA's foes gives the Clinton Administration yet another thing to get defensive about. If NAFTA was a blunder, then doubts arise about the centerpiece of Clintonomics: free trade, as in NAFTA, GATT and plans for Pacific Rim and Pan-American trade zones...
This was the holy grail of interactive television: true video on demand. What you want to see, when you want to see it, delivered to your TV and only your TV. And it was real. Not a "proof of concept" demo, but a working system being used in at least a handful of customers' homes...
...Forces jailed a judge overnight to teach him how inhumane prison conditions were. They have also moved aggressively to arrest anyone they thought might be a bad guy. "We detained them. We cuffed them," acknowledges the commanding officer, Colonel Mark Boyatt. "We did this without a whole lot of proof. But it was a very visible symbol of our presence. It convinced the people we were there to help them." For Haitians traumatized by generations of dictatorship, the Americans' unconventional tactics carry a most welcome and powerful magic...