Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interviewed by reporters. He declined to discuss Royalist activities. Asked if he was intending to return to Germany, he laughed. Questioned about Monarchist plans at Doorn he smiled. In answer to a question about Doorn visitors, he rejoined that it was holiday time. All this may only go to prove what some people have long suspected- that the Prince is an irresponsible imbecile...
...could surely elicit their applause and probably their votes. Today, after the huge war prices for grain, no little consternation was caused when wheat descended on the Chicago market under $1.00 a bushel for the first time since the outbreak of the War. Since the price of wheat will prove a major factor in electing our next President, politicians as well as farmers and speculators are now studying the wheat situation...
...perfectly preserved mummy of an Inca chief was unearthed, with art objects in a large earthern jar, in the province of Salta, Argentine. The embalment methods may prove superior to those of the Egyptians...
...warily snaps unsuspecting citizens. Soon afterward their pictures (half length) are published, with their features expunged. With the pictures appears the legend: " Do You Know Yourself ? If You Do, You Get $5!" If you recognize your watch charm, or your dotted swiss dress, just call on the City Editor, prove you are it, and get a crisp five dollar bill...
...shell of a League of Nations a better content might yet grow in time. I am comforted by the thought that in my place one of the cleanest, finest men was elected, Professor Lorentz of Haarlem, whereat nobody could be happier than I. May the League in the future prove my harsh words to have been false...