Word: provenance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israel's intelligence later proves substantially correct, Washington's problem will be how to make good on its word without fracturing whatever slim hopes still remain for permanent peace. Any proven breach of good faith on the part of the Soviet Union, which gave every appearance of supporting Rogers' effort, might torpedo hope for a Middle East settlement in the near future -and cause a serious setback in U.S.Soviet relations besides...
...doubt. The Tupamaros have threatened to kill them also if Uruguayan police discover their whereabouts. Despite these threats, Uruguay's President Jorge Pacheco Areco refuses to bargain with the rebels. The U.S. State Department, though deploring the vulnerability of its diplomats, backs him up on the well-proven theory that if the guerrillas get away with these kidnapings, they will be encouraged to try more...
...Catholic marriage partners end up in an ecclesiastical court, they come face to face with the ancient Roman concept of jurisprudence-guilty until proven innocent-instead of the Anglo-Saxon juridical concept, which embodies the opposite assumption. However much a petitioner may be convinced that his marriage exists in name only, the marriage bond is presumed to exist unless proved otherwise. The 639-year-old Sacred Roman Rota, the ultimate court of appeals in marriage cases (it annulled only 182 marriages worldwide in 1969), sets the pattern that diocesan and regional tribunals are expected to follow. When in doubt, judges...
...comedy, the kind of silly plot that they would not swallow in a serious work. But there is a disadvantage too: a comic interpretation tends to prevent the audience from realizing that grave issues are being extensively dealt with in this play. Kahn made his choice, and has proven its viability beyond a doubt...
...nation uses. But other countries are dependent on the Arabs. Europe gets more than half of its supplies from the Arab nations, and Japan 91%. Despite new oil strikes in Indonesia, Alaska and the North Sea, the Middle East still has two-thirds of the world's proven reserves...