Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...special train clacked alongside the muddy, swollen Potomac, through the apple-green Appalachians and across the Midwestern flatlands into the West. At the end was a bulletproof special car, the Ferdinand Magellan, and inside it was pessimism-proof Harry Truman, bound for the hunt...
Last week's conference closed without final proof either way, but with an official hope "that a way may be found to examine scientifically, religiously and historically those aspects of the holy linen which may lead to determination of its authenticity." Colored photographs, X-ray and chemical analyses seemed indicated, but much red tape needed unraveling before they would be forthcoming. The shroud, still the private property of ex-King Umberto II, has not been exhibited since the Holy Year...
...proof that this policy worked, Dr. Kalinowsky points to the retreat of the shattered Nazi armies from Stalingrad in the bitter winter of 1942-43: "Many soldiers were unable to continue due to physical exhaustion, but hysterical symptoms were extremely rare. They did not promise any gain, and failure to stay with the group could lead only to death from exposure or, at the best, to imprisonment by the Russians." Delayed reactions after the soldier was safe were more common but usually did not last long-again, because there was nothing to gain...
Radcliffe girls don't like exercise. They don't like archery, sailing, bowling, body mechanics, or modern dance. Given a chance, most of them would shirk their two years, two hours a week of athletics. This, at least, is what Radcliffe gym authorities suspect. To make athletics requirements escape-proof, the Gym Department has plugged loopholes so thoroughly that even the more athletic girls suffer...
...full-length documentary of Michelangelo's life and work in which not one actor appears. Robert J. Flaherty, who filmed the Arctic classic, "Nanook of the North," is evidently a man with the necessary confidence; the fact that "The Titan" is both an artistic and popular success is proof that he has not deceived himself...