Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days later. President Eisenhower announced in Augusta that the U.S. will soon bring home two divisions (some 32,000 men plus support troops) of its six Army divisions from Korea as a first step in the gradual reduction of its ground forces there. The withdrawal, said Eisenhower, was further proof "that we ourselves have no aggressive intentions, and that we are resourceful and vigilant to find ways to reduce the burden of armament and to promote a climate of peace...
...each other warily, fingers on triggers. By night in Arab border hamlets, villagers playing backgammon in the coffee houses hush their voices the better to hear the stealthy pad of an approaching "reprisal" patrol. In the white Israeli houses shaped like sugar cubes, newcomers to Israel anxiously tack grenade-proof netting across the window frames for protection against Arab-hurled "mosquitoes...
...estimated that Sandia Man was of an even earlier generation than the 10,000-year-old Folsom Man, whose traces were first found in Folsom, N.Mex. in 1925-and, later, on a higher level of Sandia Cave. But other scientists treated the findings with skepticism. There was no proof, they said, that Folsom Man had any ancestors on the American continent...
...next-door neighbor, the primitive man from Folsom. Said Anthropologist Hibben: "This is not geological guesswork. It's an exact, mathematical method of dating. A great many skeptics did not believe man existed in the New World prior to 10,000 years ago. We now have incontrovertible proof...
...Influence." Alcohol came in for special attention. Milwaukee's Dr. Herman A. Heise showed the latest gadgets developed for the A.M.A. and the National Safety Council to provide legal proof of drunken driving. Chief problem, even with the popular "Drunkometer," is that there is no clear line between sobriety and "under the influence." With less than one-twentieth of 1% alcohol in the blood, nearly everybody can drive safely; with more than three-twentieths, virtually nobody can. But within that range, different individuals have their faculties impaired to very different degrees. The solution: results of these gadget tests must...