Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with the result that: 1) the Senate galleries were all but empty; 2) the Senate itself suddenly began to make progress on its legislative program. This positive popularity with spectators, this negative power with Senators, did not pass Washington unnoticed. To wiseacres there it was just one more significant proof of the important change, personal and political, Huey Long has undergone in the last few weeks...
...panels, are bolted together with long strips of aluminum which give a modernistic effect to the exterior. The panels, 2¼in. thick, consist of two layers of mixed cement and asbestos. Between the layers is an insulating substance which looks like burnt cork and is termite-proof, fireproof. The outside of the house is a light grey, needs no paint. Extra rooms can be added from time to time by "unbuttoning" one outside wall...
...considerably less. Sears, Roebuck & Co. will put a bungalow together for $2,500. But the prefabricated house builders hope to meet this competition by making their product twice as good as the cheapest house. They offer at least three things which Hodgson and Sears, Roebuck do not: termite-proof steel frames, airconditioning, fireproof materials. The prefabricated house is also earthquake-proof, can be blown over only by a 135-mi. gale...
...such overwhelming statistical evidence. There is still room for doubt in individual cases. There is still room for doubt in application to other fields of education but the high school. One cannot use clay models in college. But the report of the Institute of School Experimentation is conclusive proof that progressive education is on the right track. Let us hope that nostalgia won't prevent its advance...
...three singles games allowed each Congressman are not a comprehensive test. Consequently, the best bowlers in the U. S. are rarely found in the list of Congressional Champions. This year's ABC is mainly notable because entries and gate receipts, biggest since 1930, are further proof that the mysterious influences which govern U. S. tastes in sport are currently producing a bowling revival. Originally an aristocratic pastime, the form of indoor bowling called "ninepins" acquired such opprobrium early in the 19th Century that laws were passed against it. The contemporary U. S. game, played with ten pins...