Word: proofing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...outcome was all but predetermined. But the more telling fact may be that Putin's managed election victory has caused so little public discontent outside of small liberal enclaves of the middle class and die-hard supporters of the Communist Party. That lack of an outcry is just further proof that, despite what opposition figures liken to the authoritarian traditions of the communist era, Putin remains the overwhelmingly popular leader in Russia today...
...former Majority Leader Trent Lott became the seventh Republican to announce plans to depart the Senate. The move has fanned Democratic hopes of a 60-vote, filibuster-proof majority in that chamber and GOP fears that the party is in a downward spiral...
...took either daily 50 milligram beta carotene supplements—the equivalent of eating nine raw carrots—or placebos. The subjects were then tested for general cognition, verbal memory, and category fluency. “This study, based on a well conducted, long term randomized trial, provides proof of principle that we can influence the likelihood of cognitive decline through long-term life style changes,” said HSPH Professor Meir Stampfer...
...life. On the living-room couch of the wood-paneled house where he lives with his parents and three sisters, everyone gathered around as we flipped through a photo album and the three-ring binder that holds all the diplomas and certificates he's earned. Here was the proof that his mother, Naile Ilazi, who never got past elementary school, had raised an ace student - and more. Dani had been a debate-team champion, traveled for brief stints on scholarships he'd won to study civics in the U.S., Slovenia and Bulgaria, and served two terms as high school class...
Republicans are not accustomed to - and do not have much experience with - primary calendars that cause nothing but confusion. And Giuliani has many rivers to cross before chaos becomes his friend. But Huckabee's surge in Iowa could mean that Giuliani won't need to be "momentum-proof." If no candidate has any clear momentum by mid-January, Giuliani could be poised to benefit more than even his team might have imagined...