Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Brown defense should prove a tough match for the high-scoring Crimson attack led by John Ince. The Bruin goalie is third-team All-Ivy choice Roger Bollentin, and veteran co-captain Frank Scofield is one of the big men in front...
...Also, students must take two half courses from the list described in A2 above. Other courses, such as ones drawn from Math and Statistics, might prove appropriate...
Well-known works such as Penrose's are difficult for a gang to sell locally. However, insurance companies, who will have to pay for the stolen paintings, usually offer small "rewards" for information leading to their recovery-and no questions asked. Police can never prove that a deal has been made-but they are no longer surprised by anonymous tips telling them to look for the paintings behind some garage and finding them unharmed. Penrose has told his insurance company he will brook no subrosa ransoms, even though his paintings were insured for only...
...series of one-man, one-vote decisions, it has insisted that the ideal must be approached " as nearly as practicable."How near is that? At first some politicians and lawyers figured that a population difference of 15% or so between the largest and smallest districts in a state would prove satisfactory. Last week, however, the court made it clear that even far smaller variations may be unacceptable. So strict was the standard applied by he court that it may eventually necessitate reapportioning the districts of virtually every elected official, from Congressman to city councilman...
...firmly if politely rebuffed. Stans hopes to override European objections by invoking the all-too-likely prospect that Congress may impose compulsory-and much stiffer-textile-import controls in the absence of voluntary restrictions. As Stans warned before leaving Washington, "The task will not be easy." It may well prove impossible. But Stans insists that while "an expansionary trade policy is good for the U.S., it must not be at the price of dismantling one of our major industries...