Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...patriarchate continues to enjoy fully all the rights and privileges accorded to it by the law. The fact that this institution has existed in Istanbul with a special status since the conquest of the city by the Turks in 1453 is a living proof of Turkish tolerance and respect for freedom of conscience...
Intelligence and Communication. Effective counterinsurgency is based on good intelligence. Unfortunately, police have found it difficult to infiltrate terrorist cells, partly because new recruits may be forced to commit criminal acts as proof of their zeal. "They are more conspiratorial than KGB agents," says an official in Hamburg. Nonetheless, terrorism can still be foiled by innovative measures. West Germany, for instance, has developed a new system, known as Zielfahndung (target search): teams of police officers select groups of suspects from computer rosters and follow them to learn habits, weaknesses, friends and hangouts, to the point that they can almost predict...
...coming together of Latino, Asian, American Indian, African and Afro-American students reflects a search for individual identities, common ground, shared ideas, and collective values. We seek to exemplify and remain respectful of our common heritage as proud peoples. Is this not proof of education at its best...
When the baron refused to sign a ransom note, the kidnapers lopped off a piece of the little finger of his left hand-using an ordinary kitchen knife without benefit of anesthetic-and sent it to his family as grisly proof of identity. Gang members provided some antiseptic and a bandage to stop the bleeding. They also warned Empain that unless he cooperated with them they would cut off another finger for each day the ransom went unpaid...
...more proof be needed, then the scene on the bench facing the Verrazano Bridge is the clincher. Travolta speaks of the building of the bridge, all its specifications and statistics, like a man surveying an escape route from Brooklyn he is not sure he can ever take. His girl?the one he has been trying unsuccessfully to put the make on?hears the longing and the edge of desperation in his voice and kisses him on the cheek. He makes no move toward her, does not, in fact, even look at her. His eyes are full, and he is crying...