Word: proofed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While the earlier story did not suggest that the waivers were payoffs to President Clinton's political contributors, the Insight piece declared right up front that they "apparently" were. It offered no names and no proof. But that didn't seem to matter. Insight faxed the story to talk-radio shows nationwide and dozens of Rush wannabes. Insight's press release encouraged the talk-show hosts to call Representative TERRY EVERETT, an Alabama Republican who has been looking into the matter for months without reaching any conclusion. Smelling blood, JIM NICHOLSON, ex-Army Ranger and the chairman of the Republican...
...obviously a vast and complex team effort. But as Ambrose bluntly says of World War II, "None of this would have mattered if the infantry had failed to do its duty, because in the end it came down to the poor sons-of-bitches making the attack." The proof is in Citizen Soldiers (Simon & Schuster; 512 pages; $27.50), Ambrose's 20th book and a high point of his long fascination with the nature of leaders and followers...
...fullness--becomes clear. With the exception of something like "Been Caught Stealing," with its eminently marketable dog barks and MTV mock-shock video, Jane's Addiction has always had the ability to make one forget about the asphyxiating, essentially D.O.A. verse-refrain structure of the rock song. The proof is in the aural pudding--smooth, textured, not strung together...
...merely looking to give the crowd what it was looking for. Certainly the inclusion of classics such as "My Sister" and "I Got No Idols" made sense, but the set list might have been significantly improved by losing some of Only Everything's more tired fare such as "Dying Proof", a too-heavy version of "My Darling," in exchange for some fresh material...
Last week negotiations were still open on whether Youngworth would be given immunity for returning a small part of the booty as a show of proof that he could deliver the rest. That, in itself, makes it look like the feds believe Tom Mashberg actually saw the real thing that day. If they thought it was a fake, wouldn't Youngworth and Connor have been sent back into their holes...