Word: proof
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Ford and Rosovsky both cite the Afro-American Studies Department's unimpressive early history as proof that their initial suspicions about a lack of Black scholars were right...
...clouds. As Air Force One touched down, the first thing Sidey noticed was that it had a new paint job -- Jackie's work. She had gone to designer Raymond Loewy to give the jet a new look; it was now a striking blend of teal, blue and white, proof of her sense of style and spectacle...
...passage of two years has not vindicated Quayle's Murphy Brown salvo.The proof is in his own book. It's not just that Bush and Quayle lost the election. It's not just the current emphasis on welfare as the source of all evil in the underclass. (If welfare is the cause of single motherhood and cutting off welfare is the solution, what does Murphy Brown have to do with anything?) Even Quayle now distances himself from the cultural...
...proof is in the output. A writer's happiness is writing. In the 51 years of living that preceded the cancer, Price produced 13 books, beginning with the 1962 novel A Long and Happy Life, which was reviewed by Dorothy Parker in Esquire as "this lovely novel, meticulously observed, beautifully told" and has been continuously in print. In the 10 years since the onset of his illness, Price has written an additional 13 books -- novels, plays, memoirs, collections of stories, poems and essays. These works include his most acclaimed novel, Kate Vaiden, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award...
...presentation of Guinier's own arguments directly after the quoted views of her critics drives home Stephen Carter's point that "many of the reporters who covered the Guinier story did not bother to read the scholarship about which they were writing...". In proof of this, an entire essay is devoted to the case against quotas, or what the author terms "tokenism." Here she argues persuasively that focusing on the number of Black representatives elected replaces political with electoral outcomes as the major cause for concern. For example, "one Black elected official proportionately represented on a small city council operating...