Word: proof
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...lack of specifics or support for a needle exchange program. Clinton said during his 1992 campaign that he supported needle exchanges as a way to combat transmission of HIV, but has backed off; Congress has since banned using federal money for such programs until it is satisfied there is proof of their efficacy. The Administration noted that under Clinton federal spending has increased by about 50 percent for research, treatment and care related to AIDS, the leading cause of death for Americans aged...
...amount to an unmitigated political scandal. It would not be the first time a U.S. Navy vessel fired at and destroyed a civilian aircraft; neither would it be the first time in the U.S. that a major cover-up involving high echelons of society took place. The lack of proof at this stage, therefore, does not mean much. REGINA ASARIOTIS Southampton, England...
Stranger things have rarely happened. Last week Rush Limbaugh called for Republicans to step back and let the media lead the charge against the President on Indonesian contributions. As proof, perhaps, that even a talk-show host can grow, Limbaugh acknowledged that the G.O.P.'s credibility is tainted by accusations of extremism and that the press is doing a fine job of making Clinton look like the world's slowest learner for not quickly producing every document associated with the affair...
Additionally, Miller finds it unreasonable that the ordinance requires all piercers to show proof of a one-year apprenticeship--and finds it inexplicable that it requires customers to pay before being pierced...
...years, historians have been intrigued by Herodotus' tale of large furry ants that enriched the Persian empire by burrowing for gold. Herodotus' story of "ants bigger than foxes but smaller than dogs" inspired generations of treasure hunters and explorers--going back to Alexander the Great. In the absence of proof, some classical scholars concluded that the man many call the father of history was at best gullible and at worst a liar...