Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Berners-Lee is the unsung--or at least undersung--hero of the information age. Even by some of the less breathless accounts, the World Wide Web could prove as important as the printing press. That would make Berners-Lee comparable to, well, Gutenberg, more or less. Yet so far, most of the wealth and fame emanating from the Web have gone to people other than him. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape, drives a Mercedes-Benz and has graced the cover of several major magazines. Berners-Lee has graced the cover of none, and he drives a 13-year...
...million-one of the most expensive ever created-a good show is bound to be expected. Yet with an audience that has had a decade to learn every intricacy of the musical, can sheer budget size fill in for weaknesses in the cast? Or do the actors help prove that every penny of the show was well-spent...
...might go about making the paper-writing process more interactive, important benefits would accrue. Student writers would look at their papers with more respect. The rationalizations that "Only my TF will see it, so I don't really care," or, "It's only 20 percent of my grade" would prove inadequate. The feeling of uselessness that comes from spending days and nights laboring for the sake of getting the paper done would be lessened as the audience is increased...
...Croatian government has in the past habit to promise a lot under Western pressure but not really do it. The way they have blocked Serbs in the past is to erect bureaucratic obstacles that are so huge it is almost impossible to return. For example, you have to prove you have relatives in Croatia, that you lived in Croatia before and that you owned property. This takes forever to do and for some people it's simply impossible...
...Igor Rodionov warned Russian government officials in February and March that the country's nuclear control equipment will soon collapse without much-needed funding for repairs and upgrades. While the study rates the risk of an accidental nuclear attack as low under "normal circumstances," even one accidental launch could prove deadly. Although Russian missile technically no longer target the U.S., if a missile is launched without a destination it automatically reverts to its original target. Pentagon officials insist there is no evidence that risk of an accidental nuclear attack exists, since codes that control locks on the weapons and supply...