Word: prove
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. Tom Stoppard's reincarnations of Shakespeare's bit players are part Beckett, part Charlie Brown. In the title roles, Brian Murray and John Wood prove themselves linguistic acrobats...
...there were reports that an answer had already arrived and was under study. A break could come at any time, but just when depended principally on two men: North Viet Nam's President Ho Chi Minh and Lyndon Johnson. On the other hand, if the present initiative should prove fruitless, Johnson could continue through the end of his term without uttering another word about a bombing halt. Still, he must find it tantalizing to think of the impact he could create, on his way out of the White House, by making a major move to end the Viet...
What, if anything, do these figures prove? Said Statistician Hammond cautiously: "I would rather not hazard a guess as to the mechanism underlying this association." Neither Hammond nor physicians reviewing his data can be certain which comes first-the arterial disease, or the tendency to sleep longer than average...
Geneticists have yet to prove that men who carry an extra male or Y chromosome in their body cells tend to be criminally violent. Yet, increasing evidence supports the theory that such men are overaggressive "supermales" inclined toward mayhem (TIME, May 3). This month attorneys in two widely separated cases made courtroom history by introducing the disputed concept in defense of two accused killers...
...fault" principle guarantees protection in all cases, and removes the need for court litigation. Currently, a person injured in a crash must prove negligence on the part of the other driver to collect for damages. A driver must carry additional insurance if he wishes to collect when he is at fault...