Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eligibility. As both farmers and aliens are well aware, Carter's soft stand on documentation would make the new rules tough to enforce. A busy black-market trade in old rent receipts and utility bills has already sprung up in California as illegals seek means to prove they were in the U.S. before 1970-and thus qualify for full citizenship under the Carter plan...
...being carried on in several cities, apparently work quite well. When Washington police took the trouble to produce tangible evidence and reliable witnesses, convictions in robbery arrests went up 60%, in other violent crimes 33% and in crimes against property 36%. The study also reveals another provocative statistic to prove that conviction rates are primarily determined by police procedures. In the cases studied, more than 50% of those arrests that resulted in conviction were regularly made by a handful of skillful officers...
...twit Roth for returning so often to characters like Kepesh: enough, already, of Jewish intellectual sex maniacs. Such criticism is self-incriminating, a tribute to Roth's wicked skill at probing nerves and making people who think they know better say silly things. Like most writers who prove they have enough talent for the long haul of a career, Roth has found the story he will tell until either he or it is exhausted. It is a good story and, as The Professor of Desire proves, it gets better with each telling...
Chicago will not prove to be one of the most memorable plays you have ever seen, but in a dirty sort of way it provides a night of good clean fun. Although the Broadway cast is rumored to be much better, if you are in a wild and corruptible mood, Chicago packs a lot of rat-a-tat-tat. Michael A. Calabrese
LINDA RONSTADT doesn't have to prove anything to anyone these days. When the country-rocker first broke into the big time with her solo act, critics complained that her repertoire was too limited, that the secret of her appeal was not her voice but her beauty. Ronstadt is undeniably a beautiful woman, or at the very least sexy, and she has undoubtedly used her sex appeal as a selling point. But her latest album, Simple Dreams, lays to rest once and for all any remaining doubts about her ability as a singer. Ronstadt...