Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York office. A typical story (July 12, 1943) of this kind began: "Thoughtful soldiers and officials in London and Washington last week had to turn their attention to a serious new war problem: the exuberant optimism now sweeping the Allied world and lessening the Allied war effort. For proof that the effort had lessened, the U.S. Army had only to look at the production figures, down in May, down again in June...
John Cowles, Jr. '51, supervising the elections for the Union Committee, stated last night that Bursar's card or other positive proof of identification would be required of all voters...
...week's end, Kramer had the record in his favor: he had 20 victories to Riggs's 15. As proof that everything was on the up & up, Promoter Jack Harris pointed to the heavy side-betting between Riggs and Kramer...
Even the British were forced to retract the statement that the refugees of the Pan York and Pan Crescent were predominantly communist. The British had something of a case here, it had seemed at first, because many of these refugees spoke Russian as well as Yiddish. When pressed for proof of the original assertion, however, the commander of the refugees' camp at Cyprus flatly denied that these refugees, who were screened at Cyprus, were communists...
...examination will often produce a much better mark for a quick-minded student than long hours earlier in the term. The fact that the Social Relations Department, in spite of expert knowledge in the field and constant experimentation, has been unable to approach perfection of method is an interesting proof of the difficulties of testing...