Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hunter Simon Wiesenthal, head of the Jewish Documentations Center in Vienna, believes that Bormann actually did reach South America and judges the odds at fifty-fifty that he is still alive. But Farago, whose latest book was the bestselling documentary of intrigue, The Game of the Foxes, failed to prove his case. Some of his evidence was indeed controvertible, and much of it was questionable. In addition, some of it, presented as if it were being disclosed for the first time, is rehashed material that had been published before. Above all, the series lacked convincing firsthand testimony to Bormann...
...That idea, however, has always evoked opposition from those who consider the press in quite a different category from the professions or business and see it as a vital, independent part of the democratic system. Many journalists feel that a council would infringe on the freedom of the press, prove unworkable, or both. The question has become even more relevant in the past few years because of political attacks on the news media and legal disputes over reporters' rights to keep their sources confidential...
Receiver. If the SEC can prove its allegations, several reputations will be tarnished. Most of the defendants are accused of helping Vesco set up his dummy corporations. As a director of three of the funds, James Roosevelt, according to the SEC, knew what Vesco was up to and did nothing to stop it; the SEC says that Roosevelt's independence was "impaired" by a $150,000 loan from a Vesco-controlled Bahamian bank. Three members of the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher-Allan F. Conwill, Raymond W. Merritt and John S. D'Alimonte-are accused of having...
...further illegal acts, and appointment of a receiver for the four IOS-managed funds. The receiver would try to track down and get back the money allegedly siphoned off by Vesco. Trial of the case against Vesco and the others has been set for February. If the SEC can prove its charges, it could later hand over to the Justice Department a readymade criminal case...
...Wednesday night, the Crimson will travel to Boston University to face the Terriers in what should prove to be another relatively easy contest. Harrison said last week that B.U. "has some talent but should not really be in our class." Harvard will probably get its next stiff test when they play the University of Massachusetts next Saturday night...