Word: proof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...coming triumphantly together five years ago, but Kohl's administration has reassured them. "Germany is not what it was in the past," says a French government official in Paris. German neo- Nazis have committed shocking public atrocities, but they do not presage a national trend toward extremism. An important proof: the far-right Republican Party took only 1.9% of last week's vote...
Blind hatred without proof...
...Judeo-Christian than anyone else, stands ready to let the richer candidate buy its votes, on the theory that the rich cannot be bought themselves. In the case of Michael Huffington in California or Ross Perot in '92, piles of earthly treasure are proffered, with a straight face, as proof of one's ability to lead. But who can fault our lucre-crazed political culture when even the televangelists promise financial well-being, i.e., "prosperous ease," as the reward for supposedly Christian virtue...
...editors also alleged that Dr. Counter assisted leaders of the Asian American Association in writing a letter criticizing Dean Epps's "handling of campus race issues." I have found no proof to substantiate that claim. In fact, it seems to be one of the many things conceived, formulated and believed only by The Crimson staff editors. Furthermore, Dr. Counter will remain in University Hall, not because the Deans are twisted people who get some sadistic pleasure at seeing him walk across the Yard to meet with his staff, but because there is not enough room in Thayer to house...
After solidifying film connections in Mexico, she headed to New York to try her luck in the now-ballooning world of filmmaking. She worked a graveyard shift as a legal proof-reader on Wall Street, an occupation apparently popular with the starving artists of Manhattan. During this period that she got lucky when she came across a flyer advertising help wanted for Jonathan Demme's Swimming to Cambodia; she took a volunteer position on the editing squad. Demme obviously recognized her talent, because not long after he selected her as assistant editor for "Silence of the Lambs." Her experience impressed...