Word: proof
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...John Birch classic "None Dare Call It Conspiracy"--but it presumably has little to say on the subject of the Invisible Empire. "Read it--see for yourself," he ventured, his shoulders quivering under his polyester suit. Squinting through embroidered eyeholes, the Klansman leafed through the book, which offers conclusive proof that the Marxists who celebrate their religion on Saturday are responsible for virtually everything nasty. "Well, I see you're anti-minority and anti-Communist and anti-women--I guess you're all right...
...same segment. But the differences are much more important--the Klan member wants for himself; the revolutionary communist, however screwed up, wants for others. The Klan has a vision of the past, the RCP of the future. People can be excused for their fantasies about the future, for no proof exists that they are wrong. So scorn the Klan, hate the Klan, pray that they go away. But when you pass the RCP people in the Square, understand them, tell whoever you're with that their hearts are in the right place, give them a quarter for the goddamn newspaper...
They say some things never change, and until this summer, Elsie's, that venerable Mount Auburn Street dive, could have been used as proof. But gone are the seedy, chipped, dirty white formica countertops and hospital green walls. Gone too, apparently, are the long lines and lack of seating space...
When Senators demanded proof that the money was indeed just a loan, Billy said that there was "just my word...
...part, Israel responded with an anger that was directed at the U.S. as well as the U.N. A foreign ministry statement said that Israel "categorically rejects the resolution," which it termed not only unjust but further "proof that the U.N. has been turned into an instrument of Israel's enemies." Then Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir summoned U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis to express Israel's "disappointment" over U.S. failure to veto the resolution...