Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tough to Prove. Certainly there are a number of unanswered questions. Why would Ray have killed King? How did he finance a year of travel, ranging from Acapulco to Montreal, London and Lisbon, between his escape from the state penitentiary in Jefferson City, Mo., on April 23, 1967, and his arrest at London's Heathrow Airport on June 8, 1968? How could he have acquired passports, false identification and four cred ible aliases without help? For that matter, did Ray-who has repudiated his guilty plea and demanded a trial-really kill King? The evidence against him is persuasive...
...night watchman in northern Illinois, changed his story last week and told TIME in an interview that the mysterious Raoul was behind everything. Jerry insisted that his brother had been "set up" in the case and quoted Ray as telling him recently: "I've got witnesses to prove I was some place else when the shot was fired." Jerry now claims that he never talked to Ray on the day of the murder...
...church here is predominantly professionals. Talks at the Cambridge church are often witty and well written, but at Hagee's hometown congregation there are often speeches by young children and teenagers. Another Mormon says that while services here center on church philosophy, those at home often try to prove the historical truth of the church, such as the revelations of Joseph Smith, its founder...
...Concorde may prove to be an environmental mistake and an economic disaster. But it may also prove to be relatively harmless and convenient, and a first step toward a new era in flight. The best way to decide whether it is a boon or a bane is to grant the Franco-British request for limited service...
...estate tax than the person whose inheritance consists of farmland and animals or the building and equipment of a laundry, clothing store or restaurant. Even so, the widely held belief that estate taxes have mightily contributed to the decline of the family farm is difficult to prove: few if any statistics exist to document it. That is not likely to deter politicians of either party from harping on the belief as they pursue the farm vote this year...