Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite that disclaimer and the fact that police were unable to prove that he had ever before peddled smut, Klor was convicted of violating a state law banning the distribution of obscene matter. Had he actually done...
...least bit surprised if he eventually replaces 66-year-old Conductor Sir John Barbirolli. Previn does not expect that any of this will turn his head, which might be on a swivel by now. Conducting is the only phase of music in which he feels he has yet to prove himself. "I'm not so conceited as to go on conducting if everyone thinks I'm no good," he sighs. "I have to have some kind of encouragement...
...change may prove temporary, but it pleases businessmen, bankers and Government leaders. Says Chairman Gardner Ackley of the White House Council of Economic Advisers: "This slowdown is expected-and welcome...
Near the end of the first act of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons, Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England is on stage with his wife Alice, his daughter Margaret, and his future son-in-law, William Roper. Just leaving is Richard Rich, later to prove the mortal enemy who by perjury sends More to his death. Rich has aroused the suspicions of all, and Alice, Margaret, and Roper urge More to arrest him because be is a bad and dangerous man. More refuses, saying that Rich has broken no law. Exasperated, More's wife bursts...
...theory, no one can get a button unless he can prove that he indeed does go here in the winter. "We're checking." Nightingale said, "but we're not too worried about it." In practice, It's yours if the price is right...