Word: proven
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...coming decades, Black Africa may have to rely heavily on itself for economic development. Private investment has always been inadequate, except in exploiting proven natural resources-Nigeria's oil, Zambia's copper, the Congo's minerals. Foreign aid will be harder to get and more expensive to accept than ever. In the face of what they regard as apathy from the West, some African governments have turned to the Communist powers for help. Tanzania and Zambia have begun construction of a 1,161-mile, $450 million railway that is being paid for with an interest-free loan...
...Fort Bragg, N.C., the harrowing ordeal of an Army doctor has led him to wonder whether an American is indeed always innocent until proven guilty...
...addition to wiping out all those in the vicinity of the blast. C. L. Sulzberger writes in the New York Times that the bomb's "short-lived radiation effects could destroy an enemy's troops without causing unacceptable damage in cities or other areas." In other words, the once-proven "urbanization" theory could be successfully applied without all the fuss and expense of repeated bombings. Contaminate the countryside, and you are bound to cause a mass exodus into the cities. And only one raid would...
...Frisoli has already proven himself," he said. "He can say no when no is the right answer and he can say yes when yes is right. He can maintain the status quo, and he is respected by teachers and students." Frisoli has taught and worked as an administrator in the Cambridge schools since...
Hamburg is known at Stanford as a "low-key type." He is a proven scholar, having served as director of the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago before taking his present post at Stanford...