Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think the Mayaguez incident was contrived to prove we are still a superpower in the Pacific. The political gains from the action outweigh the possible losses, but it is like limburger cheese: it is good, but it smells...
...because a few Congressmen insist that they be. Many of the hard-liners are liberal Democrats. New York City's Elizabeth Holtzman still demands that anybody guilty of political repression in Viet Nam be barred from settling in the U.S. But just what constitutes "guilt"-and how to prove it-is highly debatable. Detroit's John Conyers hangs tough for strict regulation of the refugee influx because his unemployed constituents are concerned that the Vietnamese will increase the competition for jobs. The other major log jam is the lack of sponsors. Up until now, 17,000 groups...
First Round. The two-day summit in Salzburg increased Sadat's stature as the pre-eminent spokesman for the Arabs and as a truly international figure. More than that, it was the first round in a series of talks that could prove a watershed in the turbulent conflict that has convulsed the Middle East almost constantly for 27 years...
...positioned ten miles from the waterway's east bank, and strong enough to close the canal virtually at will despite the presence of Egyptian forces along the east bank, Sadat more or less is offering the canal as a hostage to peace. He hopes that its opening will prove to be the kind of winding down of the state of belligerency that Israel has been pressing...
...against Kelman, for the names of two people quoted but not identified in the story. Citing the Gertz decision, Blumenfeld now held that Linsey might no longer be defined as a "public figure" and therefore was entitled to get at Kelman's sources in order to try to prove his case for libel. No matter what the consequences, Kelman has said, he will never reveal those sources. His lawyers are planning an appeal against the ruling that Linsey is now essentially a private citizen elevated to sudden renown by news events. Some legal observers also fear that a precedent...