Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...example diazinon, kill more kinds of bugs than botanicals but are also more persistent. The newest synthetic poisons are the highly toxic "systemics" (Di-syston and Meta-systox-R), which kill sucking pests after being absorbed by plants. On the market for only two years, systemics may eventually prove undesirable for garden...
...mere fact that the Nixon Administration is in power. Nixon is their man in style, tone and convictions. Psychologically, at least, he has made some gestures in their direction. He has said and done less than his predecessor about helping blacks - which from the national viewpoint will probably prove to be a dangerous tactic in the long run. He has taken tough positions on law enforcement and student unrest - without, how ever, going as far as the forgotten American wants. Nixon is trying to end the Vietnamese war - an effort welcome to al most all Americans but one that...
...number of convictions from 790 to 169. "We hardly ever make a mor als arrest any more," said New Haven Police Chief James Ahern. Even so, the breadth of the old laws invited ar bitrary interpretation and unequal en forcement. All that was needed to prove lascivious carriage, for example, was some sign of sexual activity. "Oh, you know - rumpled sheets, both of them in a state of undress - that sort of thing," said one policeman. The police also found lascivious carriage a handy stat ute to invoke against anyone whose conduct displeased them. "When you see a black...
Detroit automakers have found that regular use of the polyisobutylene compounds can occasionally clog small oil passages and cause engine damage. Ray Potter, retired supervisor of fuels and lubricant research at Ford, says: "No one has ever presented any scientific data to prove that additives do anything good." The auto manufacturers do not recommend the use of additives except to deal with some "special problems." The trouble is that the ordinary driver cannot really diagnose those problems...
...season, and Replogle has been a dutiful Government employee. But he sees himself as "a punk" and a sucker who has never got anything from a society filled with takers. Near by, the first flames of the fire flicker. Suddenly, he feels a compulsion to prove his manhood by defying the law and packing out 700 Ibs. of poached elk meat, despite or perhaps inspired by the fire...