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Word: prove (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Last Mile. The results of Westmoreland's eight-day visit may prove even more far-reaching. For now, as they have not been in the past, the cards are out on the table. The outcome should not be to stifle responsible debate, but rather to make it more relevant to realpolitik...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Cards on the Table | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

...real goal of the scientist" he said to his audience of engineers and mathematicians, "is to flip out." To prove his point, he cited Newton's spiritualism, Carl Jung's visions, and William James' books on mental telephathy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leary and Lettvin Clash on Drugs In M.I.T. Debate | 5/4/1967 | See Source »

...often happens that a student will push himself along at 2000 words per minute on the final test, following instructions and confident that his low score on the following comprehension test will prove what he is sure of-that he has not learned to read dynamically. Then a strange thing will happen. He will score well on the comprehension test in spite of understanding little of what he read...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Evelyn Wood: Most Just Waste The Money | 5/3/1967 | See Source »

Moreover, he said 98 per cent of Americans back administration policy and would lose faith in the country if we pulled out. Kahn's figures were disputed by several students who cited numerous polls to prove that a large percentage of citizens oppose...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: Kahn Says World Power Balance Depends on U.S. Stand in Vietnam | 5/2/1967 | See Source »

...Lindsay-oriented Republicans. Archinal is not interested in making room for Lindsayites in the Queens party. It is easier for him to control the present sixteen-member committee which meets once a month, than an active club with a large potentially-active membership. "If you can't prove that your family has been Republican for at least two generations, they consider you a Democrat. They would rather see their candidate lose at the polls than see their leadership challenged", one Lindsay aide said...

Author: By Kerry Gruson, | Title: New York's Quiet Revolution: John Lindsay Builds a Machine To Dethrone City's Democrats | 4/29/1967 | See Source »

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