Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Peary, who had raced Dr. Cook to the Pole, said of his competitor: "He has simply handed the public a gold brick." Subsequently examining Dr. Cook's polar observations, a University of Copenhagen commission pronounced: "The documents . . . do not contain observation and information which can be regarded as proof." The commission's chairman declared that Dr. Cook's claim was "shameless...
...classics, it is essentially not the story of a little boy's exaggerated devotion to his mother but that of a Brooklyn urchin who makes good in the old country. Handsomely rewritten for the screen by Hugh Walpole, beautifully staged, and superbly directed by John Cromwell, it affords proof that Selznick International is off to a flying start and offers an actors' holiday to Freddie Bartholomew, C. Aubrey Smith and Dolores Costello Barrymore, recalled from retirement to play the role of "Dearest," Fauntleroy's mother...
...Chicago American, is built around a character representing a romantic conception of the Quintuplets' Dr. Allan Dafoe. Twentieth Century's Producer Darryl Zanuck is noted for his knack of patching stories out of histories and headlines. The Country Doctor is thus far the most convincing proof of his abilities in this direction. It is a warmhearted, amusing and astonishingly skillful cinema which should reward its manufacturers as handsomely as it will entertain its audiences...
...anyone who needed convincing that these plutocrats were not only unpleasant to look at and think about, but downright crooked as well, their maneuvers and squirmings under the Senate's investigation should be sufficient proof. Mr. Black, by his own admission, is only looking for facts, secrets, and publicity; the combination can only be harmful to those who have done wrong. If, as he proves in his article in February's Harpers, "the spokesmen of these greedy groups never rest in their opposition to exposure and publicity," it follows for sure that they are guilty, and deserve anything...
...young yet, and irresponsible. The more your signatures pour in, the surer the proof that the communists have already worked havoc in Harvard, that action must quickly be taken to put teeth in the bill, and so protect future generations of students from the same fate. O Graduates of Harvard, O Corporation, O Donors, O Protectors of Americanism everywhere, unite to save the world from the professors, the thinkers, the intelligent, who have already united against this American bill. Save Youth, and you save the Future! SATAN