Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thesis and antithesis of the monistic cosmology of the Orient; you might call it a polarizable dialectic monism. Everything in the world is yin and yang. The principle of yin-yang applied to biology becomes the art of longevity and rejuvenation in Far-Eastern medicine. Disease is proof of the violation of universal order expressed through the neglect of the body...
Unquestioning support of the U.N., often taken as a proof of virtue, is just as sentimental as unquestioning suspicion of the U.N., often taken as proof of patriotism. When John Kennedy referred to the U.N. as "the last best hope of mankind," he fell victim to one of the oldest, gravest dangers the U.N. faces: overoptimism. Exaggerated expectations can only lead to disappointment and cynicism. As Kennedy himself demonstrated in the Cuban missile crisis the following year, salvation lay not in the U.N.. but in a direct interplay of power and reason between the U.S. and Russia...
...hunger, as party stalwarts are quick to point out. "We can always go back to bread and beans," says one proudly. For all the shortages, most Egyptians are far better off than they were a decade ago. The lack of such things as radio batteries is in a sense proof of this. After all, under Farouk, hardly any Egyptians even had radios...
...problems in the design of space suits. Because sunlight in space is twice as strong as at the bottom of the atmosphere, and contains ultraviolet rays that quickly weaken many materials, the outer layer of a space suit must not only ward off light and heal, but must be proof against ultraviolet...
Often no words are even needed. In Montgom- my CRIMSON copy from the bar of the Moore Hotel. The mere act of enter-the bar was proof of allegiance to the cause. at least three Negros approached me shook hands and offered to buy me a food...