Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When asked about the reports, McKay said cryptically that "we have been investigating this matter for some time." But he refused to confirm whether he had the alleged memo. Nathan Lewin, an attorney representing Meese in the ongoing probe, termed the allegation "reprehensible" and "false in important respects." Lewin declared that "no actual or potential violation of law was brought to Mr. Meese's attention during his limited participation in discussions regarding the project." He too declined to say whether there was such a memo...
...impact his growing personal fame will have on his box-office appeal. "In the end," he insists, "it comes down to the quality of what you give them in the theater." So it does. And on that basis the canniest show composer of our time has long since confirmed his standing. But the sure-to-be-smash opening of Phantom will doubtless confirm something else too. The awkward London youth has grown up, conquered Broadway and become what he once only envisioned: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Superstar...
...pilot were discovered by a peasant near the village of La Angostura in the neighboring state of Michoacan late on March 5. Both were so decomposed that DEA agents who saw the bodies the next day were unable to recognize them; not until March 8 did a pathologist confirm their identities. Without benefit of forensic assistance, however, the Mexican Attorney General's office announced the discovery of the missing men's bodies, identifying them by name, early on March 6. Moreover, dirt found on the bodies did not match local soil, which suggested that they had been buried somewhere else...
...eccentricity as the prerogative, even the hallmark, of genius. And genius is its own vindication. Who cared that Glenn Gould sang along with the piano while playing Bach, so long as he played so beautifully? Even the Herculean debauches of Babe Ruth did not undermine so much as confirm his status as a legend...
...confirm their findings, the researchers must see whether inserting the TDF gene in a fertilized mouse egg will transform a female embryo into a male. If so, Goodfellow says, this knowledge may eventually enable researchers to predict and "program" sex ratios in livestock. But for now, talk about future applications pales next to the excitement of the discovery...