Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Police Court Judge Benjamin Shobe ordered another jury to acquit Fineman and Hicks. The prosecution, said Shobe, had failed to prove that they had disturbed the meeting. Still, the case prompted a bit of soul-searching...
...courts have said that draft boards had to give specific, cogent reasons for rejecting deferment applications. They were also required to consider formally claims of physical disability. Many boards did not do so, and men who can prove it can offer that as a legal defense...
...imaginative approach that places them in between the Conservative and Labour camps and some well-thought-out proposals, the Liberals really have no chance of becoming Britain's majority party within the next five or ten years. Voter loyalty is too strong and the Liberals have yet to prove that a Liberal vote is not a wasted vote. The Liberals, it is estimated, must gain 30 per cent of the popular vote before the "take-off" point is reached where this large share will be realistically reflected in Parliament. If they fail to take off this year, they...
...possible that a Conservative government could avoid proviking industrial unrest and so leave the militants stranded on the left. Coupled with massive infusions of foreign capital, such an appeal to British moderation might save British industry. It is possible that the political elements of the Labour party would prove strong enough to blunt the effects of the unionists' plans for redistribution of wealth. Unions might discover that their efforts to bring industry to a halt do not cause so much economic chaos as they expect...
...Policy, and Ford Aide L. William Seidman. A millionaire accounting executive and Ford adviser from Grand Rapids, Seidman holds two vaguely defined but key positions. Ford made him executive director of Simon's board as well as his own chief White House economic coordinator. While the board may prove to be useful in coordinating policy, it could well be too large for effective decision making...