Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...real field for practice in discussion seems to be section meetings; yet actually the procedure in the latter is little different from that of lectures. A natural reticence to display what might prove ignorance doubtless accounts for the lack of spirited debate; the habit of non-participation is easily acquired and becomes "proper...
...methods, and will afford them a thorough training for any business career. No previous experience along business lines is required. The competition will bring candidates into contact not only with upperclassmen but also with business men in and near Boston, among whose an acquaintanceship may be formed that will prove to be of benefit in later life...
...crusading spirit of H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan might prove far more effective if these doughty warriors wielded rapiers rather than fountain pens, and shocked an apathetic world with flying gauntlets instead of with a satire which too often goes unperceived. On the other hand, the bitterness with which these gentlemen are wont to attack beloved American traditions might be considerably tempered by a realization that swift vengeance by a biting blade would probably follow an unguarded word...
...that Japanese commercial agents are there for the first time in the past 50 years. Said the diplomatic correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, London journal: "It may be that the 'difficulties which have arisen over the North Persian oil concessions, originally promised to the Sinclair syndicate, will eventually prove to Japan's advantage." The Peruvian Consul at Kobe was attacked by a would-be assassin, who mistook him for an American. The assailant was afterward liberated, the Consul having tendered no complaint...
...Should I prove, by the direct evidence of righteous men, that some prominent citizen is an honest, faithful patriot, no printing press is so mean as to condescend to print it. But should I call a train robber to testify to hearsay that robs a dead man of his honor old Gutenberg immediately hands me his largest, blackest headline type...