Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four objections, however, do not constitute grounds for another vote unless there is proof that the conditions outlined resulted in dishonest actions. Since no significant evidence has ben brought forward concerning illegality--straw votes and ballot box rumors cannot be considered conclusive--there is no possible reason for a new election...
...system supplants the aging fallacy that examinations can extort conclusive proof of a student's achievement in a given field of knowledge with the more reasonable supposition that a carefully considered essay on the reading in a course provides a better measure of the learning absorbed...
...consumer durables by founding the new suburbs, filling them with TV sets, home dryers, cars. Cartoonist Bill (Up Front) Mauldin, like many of his lesser-paid buddies, now treats himself to an air-conditioned car. "A few years of physical discomfort," he explains, "are a memorable experience." In final proof of their economic stability, veterans defaulted on only 0.8% of their Government-insured loans...
...High Proof. In San Bruno, Calif., police patrols stopped hundreds of cars to check drivers for intoxication, landed nary a drinker, found down the road a homemade sign reading: "Roadblock ahead. Lushes turn right...
...capitalism to meet the vast, growing needs of the population it serves so well. In the new economy many of the old classical rules of economics no longer apply; over the years the U.S. has made and learned new rules all its own. The test-and the proof that the U.S. had learned its lessons well-was the recession. It not only highlighted the changes in the economy, but proved beyond doubt that the U.S. could take a hard knock and come bouncing quickly back. In the new economy...