Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hope it's more than that. We're putting our word before the world." The U.S. citizen, no matter how he might vote on Nov. 8, could only share the President's hope that the long-term results of the Asian venture would prove more important than politics and more enduring than propaganda...
Instead, the major issue may prove to be the largely unspoken but undeniable reaction of many white Americans against the Negro's gains and demands in the civil rights movement, an emotion-charged response encompassed by the catchall phrase "white backlash." A recent Republican poll shows that more than half the U.S. electorate feels that the Democratic Administration has moved too fast on civil rights; equally significant, some 60% of all Negroes acknowledge that their cause has been damaged by recent rioting and black-power militance. The race issue endangers liberals of both parties-a fact, ironically enough, that...
...organization shows he has great promise on his own. He is still no hell-raiser on the platform and often appears to be deep in thought -- even in a casual conversation. But his rise to national prominence may depend on the evolution of his style, and his ability to prove to some that he's a competent and energetic individual, that he's not merely "traveling on the reputation of his father...
...fiery challenge to a Harvard date to prove that he is not making fun of her non-Harvard type College Boards...
...charge might be crushing proof of D.F.L. corruption if the party had accepted the money. It didn't Levander is trying to prove that they held the check until American Allied was declared insolvent in August, 1965, but he doesn't appear to have any way to make the charge of an "illegal contribution" stick...