Word: proof
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...member of a marginalized group and the opportunity in the classroom to infuse these experiences into discussions of relevant topics. They can also be role models, counselors and advocates for students of color, realizing that racism is not dead and that facing a disproportionately white, male faculty is living proof that the University is not for women and people of color. At Harvard, minority senior faculty are especially important; tenured professors, being secure in their positions, have the greatest say in hiring and curricular decisions...
...Democratic President -- and journalists know that a sex scandal might be more efficient at doing that than a complicated financial puzzle like Whitewater. But for most journalists, the bigger questions have to do with fear of a public backlash, anxiety about being manipulated and uncertainty about what standard of proof is sufficient...
...housewife on trial for "hiring three mechanics to rid her of her husband, Felice." To Kempton, the insignificant deserves as much attention as the momentous; he gives the auctioning of Marilyn Monroe's address book the same careful scrutiny as the postcommunism paralysis in Russia. Altogether, Rebellions provides proof of the conclusion reached long ago by its author's many admirers: Murray Kempton possesses one of the most penetrating minds in American journalism...
...There are no devils left in Hell," the missionary said. "They are all in Rwanda." Actually they brought Hell with them; you have only to watch the rivers for proof. Normally in this season, when the rains come to these lush valleys, the rivers swell with a rich red soil. They are more swollen than ever this year...
...bombs that went off in Johannesburg, however, are proof that a few hate- filled racist groups are capable of carrying out sabotage and murder for the foreseeable future. The A.W.B.-aligned Volksfront is planning acts of & civil disobedience aimed at provoking confrontations with government security forces. Many South Africans may think it fitting if the A.N.C. chooses to use some of the same methods to crack down on the right that the apartheid government used against its freedom fighters for the past 46 years...