Word: proof
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...Bach Variations deserved the benefit of the doubt; the proof would lie in the performance...
...World University Games. Like all female athletes participating in international tournaments, she had to take a genetic sex-determination test, aimed at preventing men in drag from unfairly competing against women. Though Patino had passed such an exam in the past, she had forgotten to bring along proof. This time, to her amazement, she failed. The first test had evidently been botched. Patino, though clearly a female anatomically, is, at a genetic level, just as clearly a man. She was disqualified...
...regain her female status and won, even before the I.A.A.F. changed its procedures. She hopes to compete in this summer's Olympics, which will be held in her native land. Luckily for her fellow track stars, Olympic officials will now accept an I.A.A.F. certificate of femininity instead of chromosomal proof. But XY women in other sports will be out of luck, unless the International Olympic Committee updates its policy...
Michelman said that NARAL's goals for 1992 are to "move towards a veto-proof Congress and elect a prochoice President...
Lieutenant Thomas O'Connor, who was assignedthe case in the internal investigation, said hecleared the officers of all charges because therewas no proof of misconduct...