Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...third, when De Gaulle demands parity with Britain in the sharing of nuclear secrets, what he really is saying is that it is dangerous for sovereign states to rely on the good will of other sovereign states for their existence; and Kennedy has just provided excellent proof of this in the case of Skybolt. But France is being told that doubts regarding American willingness to jeopardize Detroit for the sake of, say, West Berlin are tantamount to treason. And such doubts might, as Reston clearly meant to suggest, result in a repetition of the American withdrawals from Europe after...
...start the process of abnormal reproduction which we call cancer. A bit of evidence in support of this view came from Sweden's famed Geneticist Albert Levan. He has found breaks or changes in the chromosomes of children recover ing from measles. Though he still has no proof that such changes lead to cancer in later life. Dr. Levan is checking the effects of other common viruses...
...unilateral initiative puts the burden of proof on the other side by demonstrating our desire for peace. It is a dramatic gesture that does not weaken our retaliatory capabilities or our military posture...
...jobless people who had used up their quotas ). That blow left a mark upon Mills. He has never lost another major bill on the floor, but in guarding against defeat he has sometimes delayed too long or wavered too much while trying to make a committee bill fail-proof. During the 1959 session, his excessive wariness damaged his prestige, all but torpedoed his hopes of some day becoming Speaker of the House. He procrastinated and wobbled so much on legislative matters before Ways and Means that House wags dubbed it the No-Ways and By-No-Means Committee...
...interest is only in the greater variety of sounds and colors he can achieve with an orchestra; he has no intention of making jazz truly symphonic. "The quartet is like black and white," he says; "the orchestra is all the colors. I want this orchestra to be a proof to the world that there are other things in this country-things you can't touch, feel or spend." The only fault in such high ambitions lies in the notion that to make something bigger or broader is always to make it better...