Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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SAINT JOAN-Bernard Shaw and the Theatre Guild mordantly prove that Humanity loves its leaders only when they become legends...
...poor whites of the Southern mountains prove rich in drama...
This was one of six typical cases presented by Dr. Harry Benjamin, of Manhattan, to the New York Academy of Medicine to prove the success of his treatment of rejuvenation. His report is based on the cases of 70 New York women whom he has treated. No complete restoration of beauty is promised by Dr. Benjamin, but rather a revival of mental and nervous vitality. Forty-five is considered the age at which women should attempt to regain their lost youth...
...price of the Mail was about $750,000. But it did not prove a profitable venture and in the course of a few years swallowed up $500,000 or $600,000 more. Where did all this money come from? In 1917 the U. S. entered the War. A law was passed, called the Trading with the Enemy Act. It required those who held property owned by Germans to notify the Govern-ment of the fact. Dr. Rumely...
Aside from the difficulty of raising a $10,000,000 endowment fund to pay all of the University athletic expenses which as a matter of fact would prove far less inseparable than one imagines the plan itself has weaknesses that detract from its rather idyllic beauty. The feeling of exclusiveness which even now enhances the value of Harvard Yale game tickets would become almost painful if everything depended on invitation-although the people eligible for invitations would be just the same ones who may now secure their tickets by application. And the sordid, commercial value of tickets would be enhanced...