Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After a study of 48,505 pregnant wives, half of whom were smokers, Lieut. Commander Paul B. Underwood and his colleagues told the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, their collected data provide no proof that smoking by a mother harms her unborn child, and in one way it appears to help...
...main clash came over the separation provision, which Catholic critics branded "divorce by consent." Actually, easier divorce may now be possible under the new law's vague cruelty provision, depending on how much proof of "cruelty" the state's judges demand. In many other states, cruelty is now the easiest way out of a broken marriage...
...Fifth Amendment guarantees that "no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." It establishes a system of justice based on accusation, not inquisition; it commands the government to prove guilt by independent evidence, not by coercing proof out of the defendant's own mouth. So absolute is the privilege against self-incrimination in a trial that the defendant need not even take the stand. But what of police interrogation -the preliminary stage at which a suspect is pressed to make the very confession that may convict him at his trial...
...would radically change the character of the honors program, and much opposition is expected. It can be defended on the grounds that writing a thesis is basically preparation for an academic career, although not all honors students expect to--or ought to--become professional historians. But the burden of proof still lies with the plan's proponents: they must show that the seminars will be of high enough quality and the requirements for the paper sufficiently rigorous to make the option a suitable alternative to the thesis...
...eight-Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Viet Nam and Thailand. While many guests still held grudges against Japan, the mood was summed up by Malaysia's Foreign Minister Lim Kim San: "Bad memories die hard, but the fact that eight Asian nations have responded is proof that they are more concerned about the future than the past...