Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, Betty Furness, the President's adviser on consumer affairs, noted that gouging of slum residents by merchants and markets-an unsavory but common practice-is "a principal burner under any long hot summer." She added later: "The poor are paying more. The proof was right here in the streets two weeks ago," when rioters selectively burned and looted stores they considered unfair...
...proof involved is essentially the same as that behind the common parlor trick of betting that in a group of 30 people, at least two will have the same birthday; in that case, the probability...
...called on the free world to boycott the junta so that "it will be worthy of the name." At home, he called on the Greek army to reassess its own support of the junta in light of the fact that the ruling colonels had produced no proof of a planned Communist takeover, their rationalization for seizing power. Under Greece's stern martial law, Papandreou's blast was tantamount to treason, but the junta took no further action against him for the time being, ridiculing his statement as a play for a return to power...
...lead many to shrug off the Report as did presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon. By failing to make it clear that the government does not condone violence, Wilson believes the Report will encourage whites to take the law in their own hands in order to protect themselves. In proof, he points to the many white suburbanites now stockpiling weapons and learning to shoot...
...Proof of the Pumpkin...