Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They are confident that the Senator will lose the Democratic nomination to Johnson and so "prove" that, even with popular support, an anti-war candidate cannot beat the system...
...greats along the way since--athletes like Edward O. Gourdin '21, whose 25'3" broad jump in 1921 set a wrold record. But the days of Harvard-the-team-power are long gone--or were until this year. Who's to say but that the next few years may prove to be the "Renaissance" of Harvard track...
...dead, how can man prove that he lives? Rational proofs cannot convince the skeptic; the Bible alone is authority only to the convinced believer; the demythologized universe no longer points to an unseen creator. One approach to an answer that appeals more and more to modern Protestant thinkers is the undeniable evidence of religious experience-the intuition men have of their dependence upon God. The popularity of this insight, in turn, leads back to the study of Friedrich Schleiermacher, the theologian who first developed it as a basis of Christian faith. After a generation of neglect, Schleiermacher, who died...
...major factor in many states, either by statute or practice, is fault. Knowing this, lawyers for both husband and wife commonly dig up and expose the most sordid details of the opponent's private life, to try to prove one party "guiltier" than the other. A man shown to have been having an affair is often "punished" by a judge's harsh alimony award, whether or not his ex-wife has plenty of money of her own. Conversely, an adulteress may get nothing, even though her resources...
...Viet Nam and captures the grime of the war. "You're always soaked, always miserable," he writes, describing the infantryman's lot, plodding through mud and swamps. "Your boots stink and your socks rot-and your feet rot if you aren't careful." Which goes to prove that there's more to say about one rotten sock in Viet Nam than a whole discotheque full of electric dresses...