Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...transition from school to college, difficult at best, will prove to be too much for the stability of many Freshmen unless arrangements are improved for bridging the gap. Instead of being taught, as they were at school, almost entirely by recitation, the Harvard Freshman is to a considerable degree taught by lectures. Instead of working in a small school library, he is expected from the very first to make at least some use of an enormous university library. Instead of being frequently tested on relatively small bits of information he is tested at considerable intervals on pretty large portions...
...yesterday was in excellent condition and afforded Coach Dempsey a chance to give all the men an equal chance to prove their worth. Four teams were picked from among the Freshmen and Second team men by the coaches and put through a hard scrimmage...
...idea that Fascismo is approaching its end. We may pass through a crisis, we may have some dark moments, but a party like the Fascist Party, which has such a wonderful history of vitality and pugnaciousness, cannot die. If you think it can, you are wrong, and history will prove it to you." Then, with a change of tone - a tone of kindly exhortation instead of domineering challenge - the Premier enunciated his peroration: "The hour is grave, and you know it. But you will be equal to the gravity of this moment, because your minds are illuminated by the thought...
...William LeRoy Emmet of the General Electric Co. told of the development of the mercury vapor turbine, explaining that he believed it would prove 40% more efficient than the steam turbine...
...Supreme Court, whose liberal interpretation of the Clayton Act went far to dissipate hostile propaganda of the last campaign, is to have another chance to prove that it is not the tool of conservative standpatters. The relation between the Syndicalist Law of Michigan and the amendments of the constitution which guarantee freedom of speech must be determined by the appeal of Ruthenberg from the Michigan courts. Ruthenberg, secretary of the Workers' Party and a prominent Communist, has been, at intervals, the subject of prosecution by government attorneys. At last he is allowed to appeal to the supreme judicial body...