Word: proof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deadly new microbe on the loose? Speaking in the U.S. last week, Dr. Sudhir Gupta of the University of California at Irvine claimed to have found ! one in patients with AIDS-like symptoms. But there is no proof yet that the virus caused the symptoms. It is possible that the patients don't have AIDS but have some other problem with their immune system that mimics the disease. "It's just very premature to talk, because we don't know if it's real," says Fauci. "We should know something in a matter of months...
...John Kerry of Massachusetts, the chairman, said the committee had gathered information indicating that "some Americans remained alive in Indochina after Operation Homecoming" in 1973, when North Vietnam handed back 591 prisoners. He said an additional 133, later lowered to 80, were unaccounted for, though there was no absolute proof they were alive. Kerry added that the Pentagon routinely falsified the records of men lost in covert operations in Laos...
Mather House, the riot-proof high rise designed in 1968, is color-coded according to function. Reddish brown means living space, while white indicates public space or structural support. As if that coding wasn't sterile enough, architects designed Mather's inner passages to look suspiciously like a rat maze...
Just as important, asthma sufferers should learn all they can about their condition and try to eliminate their exposure to as many allergens as possible. Even if they cannot avoid every single irritant in the indoor or outdoor environment, they can certainly try to allergy-proof the bedroom. And with proper treatment, their symptoms will be kept under control. "People with asthma can live normal lives," Rush Medical's Luskin declares. "They and their families should expect nothing less...
...Christianity and Islam. The Saudi preachers also contend that Protestants from the West have been exploiting tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbors to this end. They cite actions by American Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter as well as televangelists Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson as "proof." Their advice to their followers: seek converts, especially in America; send Korans and money to Palestinian Muslims and urge them to procreate; and commission the best weapons that money can buy -- from Japan...