Word: proof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...belief that the single life was worth living, that a family consists of the people we are tied to by the work we share and < friendship as well as by blood. If false, it was still an excellent occasion for schadenfreude by those who suspected without proof that she was a cunning hypocrite and who, incidentally, resented the way she could blast men as a group for their piggishness but nevertheless attract a succession of highly appealing ones who adored her but didn't expect her to pick up their sweat socks...
That mission might come up with enough evidence to persuade U.S. officials to close the case of Colonel Charles Scharf. But it is unlikely that his family will accept a few teeth or bone shards as conclusive proof of his demise. For them, Scharf will always be missing in action, no matter how much the evidence indicates that he died in combat nearly three decades...
...rescuers who are being held back only by a lack of funds. Not one of these efforts has succeeded in bringing forward credible evidence of surviving POWs, much less a flesh-and-blood American prisoner. What they have produced in abundance is wild conspiracy theories backed by so-called proof that is generally feeble and often false...
...last, proof that a product can be thoroughly '90s -- simple, ingenious and cost- and space-saving -- yet have nothing to do with biodegradability. Marco Pasanella has designed a handsome, amusing line of furniture in which each piece does double duty: an ottoman also serves as a bookshelf, a bench has built-in reading lamps, and on the seven-drawer bureau, the middle drawer pulls out to become a desktop...
...last, proof that a product can be thoroughly '90s -- simple, ingenious and cost- and space-saving -- yet have nothing to do with biodegradability. Marco Pasanella has designed a handsome, amusing line of furniture in which each piece does double duty: an ottoman also serves as a bookshelf, a bench has built-in reading lamps, and on the seven-drawer bureau, the middle drawer pulls out to become a desktop...