Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three funds together took in $178.2 billion in 1981, or $3.1 billion more than they paid out during the period. Defenders of Social Security benefits sometimes cite this surplus as proof that there is no crisis. But Social Security's trustees* have warned that the disability and Medicare fund reserves are too low to guarantee the timely payment of benefits beyond "sometime during 1984," unless the system is reformed. And if the economy grows vigorously from now through the rest of the 1980s-a fiscal event very few economists are predicting-the funds will barely squeeze by, with...
When the policy was first adopted in 1978 the reasoning was that although some loans might possibly be "beneficial" to South African Blacks, the aggregate effect of them would reinforce the apartheid system Activists asked what has changed since 1978' And they complained that the burden of proof was once again on them to show why the bank loans were bad, when--by precedent it should have been the Corporation showing new evidence in favor of changing the policy...
...always been considered a foot-proof predictor of the upcoming Eastern sprints. Only once in the last 14 years has the "HYP" champ failed to take the sprints. But this year, Soghikian said. Yale will have something to think about: "Half a second doesn't mean anything I'm still pretty confident...
...happy to claim credit for the good news on inflation, which was the most concrete sign yet that the President was achieving his No. 1 economic goal of reining in runaway prices. Said Treasury Secretary Donald Regan: "We've turned the corner on inflation. It's further proof that the stage is set for economic recovery...
...There's some strong circumstantial evidence of foul play here." Sullivan said, adding that the state fire marshall has joined the case, although no proof of arson has yet been found at the historic building...