Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Further proof that the theft was by no means an undergraduate prank lay in the discovery that the picture wires were neatly cut at the locker doors which held them to the wall. Such handicraft requires tools, investigators said...
...proposed legislation, said O'Mahoney, would provide no "loophole fof monopolistic practices." But it would require FTC to provide clear proof whenever it suspected that freight absorption had lessened competition. (At present the FTC can cite businessmen for conspiracy and then put the burden of proof on them to show that the absorption of freight charges has not hurt competition...
...average capacity of an average man--154 pounds, is one quart of hundred proof whiskey, Science Magazine says. If you're heavier you can guzzle a little more...
...CRIMSON believes that membership in the Communist Party does not automatically "render an individual unfit to discharge the duties of a teacher." First, there is proof that many Communist card-holders are not required to follow the party line. In order to keep many "big names" in the party, the Communists do not demand blind obedience to party policies. Second, even if all Communists surrendered their "intellectual integrity," there are large areas of learning where politics is completely irrelevant. An ardent party-liner in the field of government is one thing--his dogma could well make him incompetent to teach...
...were 125 of 150 scheduled tons of equipment, including giant generators to feed the Technicolor arc lamps. Planes had flown eight tons of armor, enough to gird a Roman army of 2,500. On Manhattan's Times Square, a huge sign ballyhooing the picture was up in "fade-proof" paint...