Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...draft is only temporary; even now there are those who leave in desperation, unwilling to suffer any longer what they consider to be the inanity of a purposeless grind. And the frank, radical self-probing which will be necessary for meaningful change to take place may well prove to be beyond the capacity of a community noted for its "liberal cool." If such be the case, then Harvard will be around for a long time--its $1 billion bankroll assures that--to remind us all of a glorious opportunity missed
Schollander's talent can be matched only by his durability. In the topsy-turvey world of swimming where 14- and 15-year-olds often dominate and swimmers reach and pass their peaks quickly, old man Schollander has stayed on top for over five years. "I wanted to prove that I could do what other champions couldn't--stay on top for more than two or three years," he told the CRIMSON last year...
Newsmen would be free to print anything they could find out, except during the trial itself. Then they would have a general duty not to write anything "willfully designed to affect the outcome of the trial"-although to prove such willful design would not be easy...
Small Comfort. Such delay, however, could prove costly in the end by enabling the smaller and slower (1,450 m.p.h.) Anglo-French Concorde to snare more of the global SST market. At stake is a potential $40 billion in foreign orders for the U.S. plane, which would help the balance of payments. For the moment, the U.S. can take small comfort from delays abroad. Though the Concorde prototype was originally supposed to make its maiden flight next week at Toulouse, chances are that it will be another three months getting off the ground...
...What does that prove...