Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Force last week. By an overwhelming 74-to-2 vote, it passed a $3,198,000,000 appropriation to get the 70-group Air Force program started. Coupled with the House's recent 343-to-3 endorsement of a similar bill, the Senate's action was conclusive proof that Congress considered air power the nation's first line of defense...
Ohio was the best proof of that. Though both Harold Stassen and Robert Taft immediately ran out their victory flags, the result of last week's Ohio primary was a flat standoff. Stassen had picked up only nine of 23 contested delegates-three fewer than he had said he would. Despite Taft's confident prediction that he would lose but one delegate, he had lost nine in his own home state...
...doctors' fees). At the Assembly they were represented by Dr. Paul R. Hawley, former medical director of the Veterans Administration. The Blue Cross and Shield, said Hawley, if properly developed and extended, can enable people to prepay their medical costs while avoiding the disadvantages of "socialized" medicine. As proof, he cited the rapid recent growth of the two plans. Together they have 37,500,000 members; Blue Shield has increased its membership 3,500% in eight years...
According to Variety, several films were season-proof...
When 50-year-old Ed Queeny goes off on hunting trips in his DC-3, he likes to point out Monsanto's contributions to his plane: fire-retarding control surfaces, stain-proof upholstery, the plastic-covered table and plastic dishes in the galley. Among Monsanto's more arresting new inventions: Resloom, a chemical that promises to make rayon creaseless, cotton wrinkleless, and keep wool from shrinking...