Word: proving
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...environment, joined the cheerleading in April 1995. He traveled to the Fall River, Mass., plant to deliver an Earth Day speech in which he plugged Knight's client as a "shining example of American ingenuity." But as Forbes magazine wrote in January 1996, Molten Metal had yet to prove its method was cost-effective...
Where was Timothy McVeigh on the morning of April 19, 1995? When Stephen Jones, the lead defense attorney in the Oklahoma City bombing case, said in his opening statement that he would prove his client "innocent," he in effect promised the jury he would answer that question. But when the defense rested last week--after calling only 25 witnesses in 3 1/2 days--he had not done so. That failure reflected Jones' fundamental dilemma: he could not offer a story about McVeigh that was an alternative to the one brilliantly told by the government. Of course, the defense...
...government set out to prove the following: that McVeigh harbored a deep hatred of the Federal Government, that he had spent months acquiring materials for the bomb and planning the attack, that he was the one who rented the Ryder truck used in the bombing, and that traces of explosives were found on his clothes, knife and earplugs when he was arrested. The case was not airtight--no one testified to seeing McVeigh make the bomb or seeing him at the crime scene--but the government made a very powerful presentation. To counter it, Jones had three strategies: raise...
Besides what her colleagues called "eminent" legal skills, Taylor brings a knowledge of the "nooks and crannies" of the University, which observers say will prove an enormous benefit to both Harvard and herself...
...Certainly, it's a high honor within academia for excellent work," Wang says. "Outside of academia, we need to prove our worth again and any sort of honor or achievement we have is not something we should sit back...