Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Woods also said that it might be difficult for some couples to provide documentary proof of their relationship. Under the terms of the agreement, unmarried couples must produce evidence that they have been "domestic partners" for at least six months. Accepted forms of proof include joint bills and bank statements...
Mendes became a hero to environmentalists not only because he fought and died to stop deforestation but also because of the way of life he was defending. The rubber tappers are living proof that poor Brazilians can profit from the forest without destroying it. According to Stephan Schwartzman of the Environmental Defense Fund, seringueiros achieve a higher standard of living by harvesting the forest's bounty than do farmers who cut the forest and plant crops...
Hizballah later named five prisoners held in Israel that it wants released, then issued a statement claiming to have "nothing at all to do with the hostage issue." Even so, Israeli officials interpreted the decision not to execute Cicippio as proof that their gamble was paying off, and that the kidnapers would ultimately agree to a deal for Obeid's release. Cicippio's captors credited the stay of execution to the intervention of "certain parties and countries," a sign that Washington's overtures to Iran might not be falling on deaf ears as in the past...
...doctors have long suspected that the drug AZT could benefit the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 Americans who are infected with the AIDS virus but who have not yet developed full-blown symptoms. Last week a federal study showed that they were right. "This is the first clear proof that early intervention makes a difference," says Jerome Groopman, a physician with New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. "It's exciting, and it's a finding of real importance...
Almost from the beginning, New Delhi has argued that India is entitled to control all of Kashmir. Islamabad's claim is more complex: besides supporting a 1949 U.N. call for a plebiscite on Kashmir's future, Pakistan has marshaled what it considers proof that it has all along controlled the area from NJ 9842 to the Karakoram Pass on the Chinese border. Islamabad cites circumstantial evidence, like the fact that mountaineering expeditions for years sought Pakistan's permission to enter the region, and its agreement to cede some of the territory to China...