Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Argentina, once the domain of Pérez Jiménez' friend Juan Perón, last week stepped up its drive to get Perón kicked out of his Venezuelan exile-and out of the hemisphere. The Argentine ambassador presented carefully documented proof that Perón was violating the rules of asylum, conducting an espionage and sabotage network from his Caracas apartment. Pérez Jiménez angrily rejected the Argentine protest, abruptly recalled his ambassador from Buenos Aires, and declared the Argentine ambassador persona non grata. Argentina responded by suspending diplomatic relations with Venezuela...
...high cost of drugs, while Wood charged that the quality of medical care had deteriorated too many patients. The problem is purely mathematical, Howell countered, and will disappear when more doctors appear, because doctors were required to handle The great expense of the program, he continued, is proof of its wide success...
...Under. The Redlegs themselves are the first to quarrel with Birdie's earthy formula. Good players can be the making of a good manager, but Birdie's success is proof enough that a good manager can be the making of good players. Says Outfielder-turned-PitcherHal Jeff coat: "Birdie isn't a manager at all, if you want to know the truth. He's a teacher. He has a big knack of showing a ballplayer the results of effort and ability. Instead of saying two and two is four, he gives a player a problem...
...purported Leonardos exist, both of doubtful authenticity." I am not qualified to pass judgment on them, but since 1797 we have had in our family what we are confident is an original Mona Lisa. We do not believe it is "purported," although some people may. We have adequate proof by an outstanding art critic and others that it is by the hand of Leonardo. It is known as the "Vernon Leonardo...
Telltale Band. Most important was proof that organic (carbon-hydrogen) compounds probably exist on Mars. Dr. William Sinton of the Smithsonian Institution started with the fact that compounds containing carbon, when joined to hydrogen, absorb infra-red radiation with a wave length of 3.46 microns. His first step was to look for this absorption band in infra-red light reflected from dry leaves, lichens and mosses, which are made almost entirely of carbon-hydrogen compounds. It showed up strongly...