Word: proofing
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...that firm footing, a representative from Russia's Federal Prosecutor's Office, speaking at the expanding Ministry of Emergency Services base at Tskhinvali's Repubican Hospital, said his office was searching for indisputable proof of Georgian military aggression against Russian peacekeepers during Georgia's initial attack of South Ossetia...
...Still, property developers feeling the pain would do well to take the long view. "We've seen falls of this scale many times before," says Davidson, recalling "big crashes in [City] rents in the early '90s and around the turn of this decade." Further proof of property's fast-changing fortunes: when the Wall Street crash wiped out demand for space in a newly built Empire State Building in the '30s, locals dubbed the iconic skyscraper the "Empty State Building." London developers can be forgiven for aiming high...
...gymnastics officials have cautioned, there's no proof that any of the Chinese who won a team gold are underage. The U.S. team, which came into the Olympics as the reigning world champions, made plenty of mistakes in the finals. But if it turns out that America's gymnasts - nearly 9 cm (3.5 inches) taller and around 13.5 kg (30 lbs.) heavier than their Chinese rivals, on average - were competing against underage athletes, then China's gold may quickly lose its luster...
...gymnasts that suggested they may actually be under the International Olympic Committee's 16-year-old age minimum. The IOC was satisfied with passports produced by the International Federation of Gymnastics for the girls, showing they are 16. But Karolyi remains doubtful - and critical. "I have no proof, so I cannot say they are underage," she said. "If that is true - which it possibly could be because one of the little girls has a missing tooth - then it is totally unfair because it doesn't give an even playing field for people all over the world...
...first. Yes, The Hills is fake. Fake in the sense that producers and participants acknowledge reshooting scenes and doing multiple takes. Fake in the sense that MTV's beautiful "stars" are famous for little more than being on The Hills. And fake in that it's proof that a beautiful shot and a well-chosen sound track can imitate emotion in even the most banal scene...