Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether or not this effort at sincerity, simplicity and truth will appeal to the movie millions remains to be seen. It should, however, prove a dose of insulin for cinema diabetes brought on by excesses in the sweet essences of sentimental romance...
...people of the town misunderstand and set out to lynch Cloud. Virginia might have saved Cloud if she had tried, but she feels too indifferent-nothing seems to matter much any more-so she doesn't, and he is lynched. The form and style of the book should prove of great interest to students of the most recent literary tendencies. THE MYSTERY ROAD-E. Phillips Oppenheim-Little Brown ($2.00). Monte Carlo-mysterious ladies of the highest rank who refuse to reveal their identities-a little French country girl-waif, sheltered by two young British aristocrats-England -Russia-Bolshevik prisons...
...beasts, in one stage developing tails and called flagellates. How they get into the body or are transmitted from man to man is unknown. They are normally only a parasite of man and the bedbug. While this fact would seem suspicious, various thorough investigations have not been able to prove that the bedbug is the transmitting agent. It is believed by many that some species of biting and bloodsucking insect is guilty, and further work on the suspects is projected. But it is not inevitable that insects transmit it direct; possibly contaminated food is to blame...
...this word "sticks" it is likely to prove no small factor in Mr. Coolidge's political fortunes. In one interview with press representatives Mr. Coolidge said in effect that his aim was to secure stability in business by stability in the tariff, stability in Government economy, stability in Government policies generally...
Author Tarkington attempts to prove that courage is simply knowing that you are safe. When the coward poet learned to shoot, he became brave...