Word: proofs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...minority leaders also fail to realize is that controlled choice contains a powerful political opportunity to press for more funds. Every year, when lists of which schools are chosen preferentially to others are published, debate over school funding will dominate city news. Every year, minority advocates will have concrete proof where resources need to be targeted, and have ammunition to demand concessions from the Mayor...
Hernandez denied that the FMLN has drawn communist support. "Well, truly until now that has been the propaganda of the U.S. government and El Salvador," Hernandez said. "But in truth, in the 10 years of FMLN, no one can find proof that we've received aid from Cuba or Russia...
Lamont Library: Yes. I will now formally state what many Harvard socialites have known for years--Lamont is one big pick up joint. All six floors are packed with "scammers," "scopers" and "swoopers" of all colors, creeds, sexes and sexual persuasions. A single point of proof: Who would go to Lamont to study...
Western intelligence sources scoff, saying they have clear evidence that Barbouti was the key broker for the chemical factory. Though they have yet to find proof that he knew the Libyans planned to make nerve gas there, at least one official flatly labels Barbouti "the central villain" of the plot and "the subject of intense scrutiny for some time." In fact, both the Swiss and West German governments are conducting criminal investigations of his role in the Libyan project, and tax authorities in England and Scotland are looking into his Byzantine business affairs...
...Doctorow has adopted Bathgate's code, he amazes with his dexterity. From a Saratoga racetrack to a Bronx orphanage, he manipulates scene and language, and his freedom of form is the product and proof of great control...