Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Death. Malraux's view of life begins with the bitter recognition of man's mortality. He is much obsessed with death. "You know as well as I do that life is meaningless," says one of his characters. "Death is always there, you understand, like a standing proof of the absurdity of life." Malraux's image of life, La Condition Humaine, is drawn from Pascal: "Imagine a large number of men in chains, and all condemned to death, every day some of them being butchered before the eyes of others, and others seeing their own plight...
...patriarch, continues to convert its inhabitants to Christianity. Last week he asked the Episcopal Church on behalf of Airaku-en's Christians to establish a worldwide mission to victims of leprosy. By the standards he has set for himself, Aoki regards his life as a heartening success. His proof: although less than 1% of Okinawans are Christian, 34% of Airaku-en's 924 residents are Christian...
...Moscow he was told to report to the Soviet consulate in Bucharest; he reported twice, waited for weeks but got no orders. In Belgrade he met one contact (who wore one glove and carried one as proof of identity), then lost track. "It just went up in the air," he testified. In Ankara he reported to "Madame," a Soviet embassy official whom he met at a ball. "I got to know her very well," he testified, but he could not remember her name. When he finally broke off with Madame and the party in March 1942, Burdett related, "she acted...
...most return home with the same ailments with which they came. Roberts' critics have accused him of shrewdly selecting hysterics and effecting only temporary relief. Earlier this year in Phoenix, Ariz., a group of ministers offered, while Roberts was in town, to pay $1,000 for any proof of divine healing, got no comers. Of such doubters, Roberts says: "I'll leave them to their theology. I'm out to save souls. I have more friends among doctors than among ministers...
...date summary of just how well the world is doing was presented in Basel, Switzerland, in the 25th annual report of the Bank for International Settlements. Said the bank's General Manager Roger Auboin: "Nineteen fifty-four has been for the world a year of prosperity and promise." Proof of this prosperity came in a nation-by-nation roundup. In Europe's 17 OEEC countries,* gross national product rose an average 4% during 1954. The big point, said Banker Auboin. is that Western Europe continued its postwar boom despite the short U.S. "recession" that began late...