Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...works in a 9-to-5 job as a clean-shaven, productive member of society. In his gut, he practices the same philosophy of the more publicized hippies, but he is so unconventional and nonconformist that he doesn't need to wear bangles, beads and a beard to prove that, in spirit, he is a hippie. In time, dropout hippies may realize that they can do as much, or more, on the inside of society as on the outside. Until then, we should be everlastingly thankful to them for reminding us of the values we all are supposed...
Most famous of his works was his book-length 1925 study of Jesus Christ, The Man Nobody Knows. Upset that Sunday school teachers often reduced Jesus to a "sissified Mary's little lamb," Barton set out to prove that, in truth, he was a real get-up-and-go type. "He was the most popular dinner guest in Jerusalem," wrote Barton. "A failure! He picked twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world." The Man topped the bestseller list for two years, inspired Barton to produce He Upset...
...delicate negotiation has been going on between representatives of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service and newspaper, radio, TV and police officials in twelve U.S. cities. The goal: to temper the tone of riot coverage, should the summer of 1967 prove long and explosively hot. In the past, radio and TV riot bulletins have attracted swarms of spectators to embroiled districts, complicating the job of the police. Newspaper headlines have often fanned flames of discontent...
...seven boat lengths. And on New York's Hunter Island Lagoon two weeks ago, they outstroked Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club, the 1964 Olympic champions, to 1) earn the right to represent the U.S. at next month's Pan American Games at Winnipeg, Canada and 2) prove that they are the best crew in the nation-if not the world...
Records & Recollections. How can a centenarian prove his age? In most cases the only evidence is his own word. Though some Western European countries began keeping good birth records in the 18th century, the U.S. was slow to follow. Massachusetts began in 1841, followed by other New England states. Significantly, there are no reports of incredibly advanced age from areas that keep good birth records. Dr. Belle Boone Beard, a University of Georgia anthropologist, lists 28 ways of proving age. They vary in reliability from college-entrance or graduation records to marriage, insurance and naturalization records. For former slaves like...