Word: proofing
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...fervent supporters of the firm-fisted leader, the bombs are all the proof they need that they have to give Uribe more time to consolidate the gains he has achieved in his first term. But critics say that the rebel actions show that the president's "democratic security" policy isn't working. His leading opponent, former magistrate Carlos Gaviria, the candidate for the left-leaning Polo Democratico Alternativo party, has run on a platform criticizing what he calls Uribe's authoritarian tendencies and his neo-liberal economic policies. That message has resounded with a surprisingly growing number of Colombians; from...
...peers have mixed opinions. "In this country, you're on Free Parking until you're sent directly to Jail," says Greg Duncan, next on the active hotel list with 583. "Unless I see proof that he's loading, to me The Thimble still lights up the board like nothing since the Electric Company...
...fleet of smuggling ships that play a significant role in the illegal arms trade. And in a report last year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London said the L.T.T.E. had "possible" links with al-Qaeda. The Tigers deny any such connection, and no security agency has produced proof. Author DeVotta says the idea that the Tigers are "a threat to the world" is "nonsense," noting: "The Tigers' one goal is creating a separate state. They are a threat to Sri Lanka." But Teresita Schaffer, director of the South Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
...Catholic, organized the ceremony, chose the medieval chants, cleared the whole thing with Rome and held the private service in the same San Francisco parish in which his parents were married. When I ask the obvious question--"So, how's married life?"--his reply is pure, distilled, 100-proof Brown: "It's a good thing. There is a certainty, a finality about it. I was very conscious that it was a vow, and I liked that. It's part of a higher order. In a frivolous age, it has a depth that is very welcome...
...proof, the first single from the Dixie Chicks' new album, Taking the Long Way (out May 23), is called Not Ready to Make Nice. It is, as one country radio programmer says, "a four-minute f___-you to the format and our listeners. I like the Chicks, and I won't play it." Few other stations are playing Not Ready to Make Nice, and while it has done well on iTunes, it's quite possible that in singing about their anger at people who were already livid with them and were once their target audience, the Chicks have written their...