Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Readily conceding that a 30-hour driving course, and perhaps the level of instruction in Mississippi, left much to be desired, McGuire maintained that similar conditions exist in many states. Said McGuire: "I am not condemning or praising, but I am saying that the burden of proof is now on driver education to prove it is effective." The headlong rush to invest millions of dollars in driver-education courses should be halted, he argued, and a small portion of the money spent on further tests to assess their value...
...possible long-term effects." Discounting the suggestion made by some authorities that pot leads to an addiction to other, stronger drugs, Goddard explained that while "it is true most heroin users have smoked marijuana, it is also true that most heroin users have drunk milk. I have seen no proof that there is any connection...
Goddard's opinion, which carries considerably more weight than that of any private physician, was particularly surprising because the FDA director has been so strict in demanding that drug companies show clear proof of the efficacy and safety of their products before he allows them on the market. There is still almost no research, however, into what marijuana does-and does not do-to the human mind and body and no scientific evidence that proves or disproves that it is better or worse than alcohol...
...Living Proof. Now six months old, the Theater of the Deaf was founded by David Hays of the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Foundation, Psychologist Edna Levine and Administrator Mary Switzer of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, backed by a $331,000 grant from the Federal Government. Although only one of the 14 actors has had any conventional theatrical experience, the company has had directorial help from such top Broadway professionals as Arthur Penn and Joe Layton. Justifiably proud of their mimetic skills, the actors are living proof, on stage at least, that a word in the hand may sometimes...
There is even more convincing proof of how dismal the dilettante finds his study of language here: a full 80 per cent of Harvard's students apparently get out of the language for good as soon as the College will let them...