Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prospects for man's first leap into the solar system will surely be enhanced by the success of such unmanned missions. Not only will they prove the feasibility of interplanetary travel, but they will help arouse the public support necessary for such journeys. To be sure, Americans will continue to agonize over the cost of the program -which NASA says will come to no more than .5% to 1% of the gross national product (currently running at $900 billion) a year. And the question of priorities will remain relevant as long as such earthly imperfections as poverty and pollution...
...Hanoi's eagerness to limit the fighting and that the U.S. should make a reciprocal move. The Johnson Administration, committed to a military victory, failed to probe the possibilities. This time, the Communists deny that there is a lull, but the stillness on the battlefield may yet prove more eloquent than their words...
...testimony on the quality of meat products by passing the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967, and to his disclosures on poultry with the Wholesome Poultry Products Act of 1968. His past crusades on the whole have been well documented, though often sensationalized and overdramatized. Unless his latest charges prove to be exaggerated, Congress will probably again be responsive to his warnings. All Americans may not drive cars, but all of them...
...federal pressure for racial integration. "Watch what we do instead of listening to what we say," he cryptically told a group of 30 Southern blacks who were protesting the Administration's new school-desegregation guidelines. Though Mitchell's image as the Administration's heavy may prove hard to live down, he may be somewhat miscast in the part. Some of his colleagues even claim that he can crack a joke and a smile-from time to time...
...These new movements are around and they're doing their job," Ahern said. To prove his point, he cited Gus Hall, secretary of the U.S. Communist Party, as saying "We've got a good thing going...