Word: proof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought he spied something else at work last year, when he saw festering bedsores eating away the flesh of three residents in a local nursing home. He knew the home had been pocketing government money the residents were given to ensure good care, and he saw the bedsores as proof that they weren't getting it. He investigated and later sued Geriatric and Medical Companies Inc., which operated the Tucker House nursing home. The nursing-home company settled the case for $600,000, sent condolences to the families of the three residents and--perhaps most important--set off probes...
...skin irritation that comes with the gas. Then they tried to stun Allen by firing some beanbag-like projectiles at her, but she was ready for that too, having armored herself in several layers of clothing. The gathering crowd of militiamen stand in awe and see her expertise as proof of a survivalist sensibility. Says Glad Hall, president of the Southern Illinois Patriots League: "She is good...
Even this goddess is but a representation of the greater, untapped power within Han herself: in the epilogue of the book the reader discovers that numerous miracles have taken place near the pond where Han saw her demise. As further proof of her immortality, in a tiny shack on the property, the Master Wu awaits the day when the "Goddess with Eyes and Ears" will return...
...Galileo spacecraft, sent out by NASA on October 18, 1989 to explore Jupiter and its surrounding moons, has detected proof of organic compounds on two of Jupiter's moons--Callisto and Ganymede. It is likely to find it on Jupiter's other two large moons--Europa...
Microsoft treated the reports with practiced scorn. "They're just false," said spokesman Greg Shaw. "They probably came from the same source that said we were buying CBS." As proof that the rumors are baseless, company insiders pointed to several upcoming MSN initiatives, including the release this week of a new upgrade, MSN 2.5, that offers better E-mail service and smoother integration with Microsoft's latest Web browser, Internet Explorer...