Word: proofing
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...necessary criteria for inclusion have been met. Approval of some lines may be less straightforward if certain requirements have not been met to the letter. For instance, since stem-cell lines are drawn from unused embryos donated to research by couples undergoing the IVF procedure, researchers must offer proof that each couple was fully informed of all their options for discarding excess embryos. If the proper documentation doesn't exist, an NIH working group would have to determine whether the spirit of the requirement...
...proof, of course, is in the tasting - while Roman procurator turned philosopher Pliny the Elder's maxim "in vino veritas" is atrociously overquoted, perhaps an exception can be made in this case. After several trial vintages at Lauzières, and by Schlaepfer's colleagues Christian Zündel in Switzerland and Dominique Hauvette in Baux, the verdict is in: greater minerality, fruitiness and elegance. Schlaepfer's white cuvée Astérie exhibits rich honey and exotic-fruit flavors; his Petit Verdot-dominant cuvée Sine Nomine is redolent with the complex bouquet of blackberry and cedar...
Novey cited not only Khazei’s poll bounce but also his recent endorsements from the Boston Globe and from Army General Wesley K. Clark as proof that the campaign has the necessary momentum to win the nomination...
...Rebirth of the Middle" [Nov. 16]: Ramesh Ponnuru mentions Dede Scozzafava's support of gay marriage and reproductive choice as evidence that she not only is not a moderate Republican but also is to the left of many Democrats. Couldn't her support of those two issues be proof of libertarianism? The Libertarian Party believes there are particular places that the government does not belong, and anything connected to a citizen's sex life is among those places. My Republican and libertarian friends alike are for the freedom of Americans to make their own life choices...
...PTSD. But nearly half of these cases, according to the Rand study, go untreated because of the stigma that the military and civil society attach to mental disorders. The suspect in the Fort Hood shootings, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, counseled returning vets with PTSD, though there is no proof that this work unleashed his demons. But as Antonette Zeiss, deputy chief of mental-health services for Veterans Affairs says, "Anyone who works with PTSD clients and hears their stories will be profoundly affected...