With electronic transfers, you may not find it easy to reconstruct a paper trail as proof that the payment was made.
Contrary to Democrats' claims that Republicans have "no solutions", the Republicans will point to this budget proposal on the campaign trail as proof that they can do it -- this time.
Perhaps what's more important is that the Ciudad Perdida trail is welcome proof of how much Colombia has changed: just a decade ago, the Sierra Nevada mountains echoed with gunfire between warring drug cartels and Farc guerillas, but now the government soldiers – camped at the summit to care for and watch over the site – wink at the girls and smile for pictures.
But abundant evidence suggests that all manner of weapons purchased in United States and smuggled to Mexico and beyond are increasingly facilitating the deadly work of drug cartels and leaving behind a trail of bodies as proof.
If the skeptics demanded any more proof that the Trail Blazers aren't small-sample-size-wonders but a team that could seriously win the Western Conference, well Portland provided it in dramatic fashion in their last few games.
CBS had the most viewers, garnering 17.3 million for "NCIS" at 8 p.m. and 14 million for "NCIS: Los Angeles" at 9. ABC ranked second over all, earning its best ratings at 9 for a "Dancing With the Stars" results episode (15.6 million), but at 10, its "Body of Proof" (10.4 million) trailed "The Good Wife" on CBS (12.3 million).
Hundreds of these rocks slide in stealth across the surface of the desert lakebed Racetrack Playa, leaving zigzag trails behind as the only proof of their movement.
On the congressional campaign trail Republicans tout high unemployment as proof that stimulus has failed, while Democrats, though they dare not use the "S" word, argue that more must be done to prop up growth (see article).
It was as if being 0-10 when trailing after seven innings was not proof enough.
Instead, the trail leads somewhere much worse: the final proof that Mr. Cameron, an easy-going optimist by temperament, governs a country in the grip of full-blown institutional neurosis.
