Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unbroken stretch of eight years would not prove too appalling for the ordinary student, there might be many advantages. The present system, which completes a four-year, academic unit, before beginning with professional training suits very well the needs of those who do not intend to enter a profession, and of those who do not know which profession they will follow. But the eight-year plan includes a preliminary general foundation equally necessary for every profession; and moreover allows plenty of time in which to select some particular one. In this way it has at least all of the advantages...
...Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, a Hugo Stinnes journal, accused the Vossische Zeitung, a Berlin daily of Socialist views, of "being too friendly to France." Dr. Ullstein, Socialist publisher, and George Bernhard, editor-in-chief, decided to bring a libel suit against the Allgemeine Zeitung. The action promised to prove a big sensation in the Berlin newspaper world, but Hugo Stinnes discreetly ordered his paper to print the following apology...
...report was, however, partly substantiated by evidence from Moscow, received by the British Foreign Office, which purported to prove the Cheka had attempted to "kidnap" the War Lord, presumably for "flirting with the monarchists and plotting to make himself a dictator a la mode under a puppet Tsar." It was not clear whether this report had any connection with his arrest, but the details of the attempted kidnapping...
...forward line of Hamlen, Zarakov, and Scott, the team has a fast trio whose skating ability and teamwork is improving rapidly. Captain Coady and Bohlen on the defense are a formidable pair against the attack of the high school teams, but have yet to prove their worth against the stronger prep school combinations. At present there are three contenders for the goal position, Flood, Burke, and Daly, the first having a slight advantage over the other two, but the more difficult competition in the future may yet make a change in the Crimson cage...
...concluding, Professor Holcombe expressed his belief that the Revolution, under Lenine's leadership, will prove to have been beneficial to Russia in the long run, in spite of its great injustices in particular cases...