Word: prove
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...never do: he will try to replace the Premier of Quebec as the leader of French Canada. This effort may well lead to a direct confrontation between Premier Johnson and Prime Minister Trudeau on the question of special status for Quebec. And if such a confrontation occurs, it could prove to be the turning point--one way or the other--in the 200 year history of French-English division in Canada...
...injured in the collision, which, according to Vik, was caused by "an apologetic policeman who was supposed to be directing traffic but who instead directed an accident." The damages to the automobiles, however, were considerably more costly than a package of Titleists. All of which goes to prove that in some cases, it's not how well you get off the tee that counts, but whether or not you get there in the first place...
...violent? Primarily youth: the fatherless Negro boy aching to prove his manliness, the school dropout taunted by TV commercials offering what he cannot have and often incited by what he has learned about the Mickey Spillane brand of violence. Adding to the slum kid's anger is all the middle-class hypocrisy about violence. "Good" people utterly delegate society's dirty work to overworked white cops, few of whom are inclined to be Boy Scouts. The middle class denounces violence but wants the police to use it, and is then shocked when hordes of young hooligans respond...
...learning be transferred chemically from one animal to another? Scientists have been arguing the question since 1962, when University of Michigan Psychologist James McConnell reported that untrained flatworms could acquire knowledge by feasting on trained worms. Using rats and mice, some researchers have achieved experimental results that seem to prove statistically that learning, or memory, can indeed be transferred by injecting the brain extract of one animal into the brain of another. But since the tests were difficult to duplicate, the results could never be properly validated. Now a Baylor University scientist, writing in Nature, has reported an experiment that...
This Saturday Harvard will battle Penn in what should prove to be the most important match of the season. Picked along with Princeton as the Ivy League favorite, Penn boasts a wealth of tennis talent led by sophomore sensation Hugh Curry. "Penn has some very strong players," admits Barnaby, "but we do too. Our victories against Amherst and Army proved that...