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Word: proved (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...book has over 60 illustrations, mostly photographs. It will prove an extremely valuable and prized addition to the library of any lover of the sea and things nautical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Seamen | 12/20/1929 | See Source »

...late stage, it is equally apparent that such an arrangement is an unfortunate one, and not strictly in accordance with the stated aims of the House Plan. The necessity of rooming alone, besides being an added expense to those who will eventually live in the Houses, is likely to prove a prohibitive barrier to some, and a deterrent to many who would otherwise desire to live in the new buildings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOLITARY CONFINEMENT | 12/18/1929 | See Source »

...those to whom financial transactions on any but a large scale are apt to prove irksome, the present system of "pay as you enter" at the University Squash Courts is not entirely satisfactory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAKING CHANGE | 12/17/1929 | See Source »

Considerable haggling might be avoided by dispensing courts on a system of coupons comparable to that with which the H. A. A. News is distributed at the Stadium. This would prove of great assistance to the prospective athlete who arrives five minutes before the hour with a nickel and four pennies, as well as to the opposite type of individual who never has anything smaller than a five-dollar bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAKING CHANGE | 12/17/1929 | See Source »

Hollywood celebrities are paraded across the stage in rapid succession. They are all there, but they don't prove very much. Some day we hope to see the real movie review, and it will be a modest, intimate affair, directed with some restraint and discretion...

Author: By G. P., | Title: THE "SHOW OF SHOWS" REALLY ISN'T | 12/13/1929 | See Source »

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