Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proof of the insidious power of these volumes Mr. Hirshfield quoted from Professor A. B. Hart's "School History of the United States" the statement that Samuel Adams "was a shrewd, hard-headed politician", and from Professor D. S. Muzzey's "An American History" the following passage: "A debatable question, namely, whether the abuses of the king's ministers justified armed resistance". Small wonder that Commissioner Hirshfield urged that these books be banned, for what school child reader of such partisan statements could ever resist the temptation to fly at once into the arms of the British Empire...
...Field, Michigan, the evening of the same day, after 11 hours 54 minutes flight, covering 1,-400 miles in his solitary trip. Liberty motor and De Haviland plane functioned perfectly. The pilot flew low because of low-lying clouds and sometimes almost grazed the treetops. Apart from the added proof of airplane endurance, the flight is a significant demonstration of the fact that low clouds cannot deter skilled aerial navigators...
...season against Middlesex, the Blue batted its way to a 10 to 3 victory, and little later, it sent Wentworth Institute down to defeat by the score of 6 to 0. Huntington offered even less resistance, succumbing by the wide margin of 17 to 1. The real proof of Andover's strength, however, lies in its victory over the Yale seconds. Shoop, the Andover pitcher, held his opponents to no hits until, in the last of the ninth, mitted Jenkins to smash out a home run, which brought the final score to 3 to 2. Another notable victory was that...
...more of this Benito Mussolini. But he is a figure who challenges comparison; one who has not proved a short-lived upstart, nor yet an overbearing Napoleon, seeking to conquer Europe; but one whose rule has been characterized by sanity and vigor. Recently he has given additional proof of his many-sided genius, by active interest in a movement to improve the moral standard of Italian literature, and again by a proclamation requesting the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of Alessandro Manzoni's death. His phrasing in this is characteristic: "I desire that, even abroad as in the kingdom...
...clogging pipe-stems have become actualities, inventors and scientists can turn their attention to the making of articles once suggested in joke. Stephen Leacock's "Man in Asbestos" may yet come into being, dressed in a suit of everlasting knickerbockers, and cating concentrated food pills for nourishment. "Hole-proof Hosiery", now named with optimistic exaggeration, will some day be made so as to defy even the attacks of army boots. Safety razors will be designed which will have regard for the quality of mercy, and will leave the pound of flesh uncut. Some new kind of heel will be developed...