Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After the second act the audience learned back and laughed uncertainly, to prove that it was all just for fun, and that nobody really had been murdered at all. We laughed too--just as long and loud as we could--but we fear the man next to us looked a bit skeptical, as we have faint recollections of having grabbed him violently by the left leg (merely for support, of course) after the first revolver shot had been fired. To relieve the general feeling of uneasiness in the audience further a soprano came out between the acts with "What...
...then you can be sure that that player is a good back. That is what Eddie Cottle did against Georgia on Saturday. He was sent in for Failing in the second half and made things hot, and the Crackers cracked under the strain of his line hitting. He should prove a big asset against Dartmouth and the Army...
...ruling. The Council of the League is empowered to exert economic, financial, naval and military sanctions against any aggressor nation, member or nonmember alike. The amount of economic, financial, naval or military support to be given by the member nations, in the case of what might prove to be a League war, depends upon the amount of assistance demanded by the Council and upon the amount the member states are able or willing to concede...
...that accounted for the two placement kicks that tied the game in the fourth period last fall. Since the new rules have come into effect, however, the placement kick threat is no longer so great. If the Harvard line plays as it has this week, the Middlebury offense should prove ineffective...
...resignation of Professor Winthrop J. V. Osterhout brings deep regret to the many friends he has made during his fifteen years' connection with the University. As a scientist of the first water as a leader among the biologists and physiologists of the day, his departure will prove a real loss to Harvard...