Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fifth, that the argument that the falling-off of our foreign trade will prove ruinous is ill-founded for such trade only constitutes 5 percent of the total. What little stoppage there may be in this field, therefore, is of little or no consequence and will have no noticeable effect on the general business outlook...
...Seventh, that all statistics gathered recently offer overwhelming proof that seasonal fluctuations in production in this country are rapidly decreasing. This will prove to be very beneficial as it will tend to make the demands for labor more constant...
...Presidency, has a substantial backing of popular opinion. The bandit Villa is in condition to cause considerable trouble when he considers it convenient to do so. Finally, General Salvador Alvarado, a self-avowed aspirant to the office of the Chief Executive and a notorious militarist, may yet prove a formidable opponent to General Obregon, his old rival under the late President Carranza. JAVIER'E. MOLINA...
...Wally Trumbull said last night that "psychology is fifty percent of the game"; and it is the Harvard supporters who make psychology count. At 3.45 the parade to the Stadium starts. The spirit that was shown in the mass meeting is only a beginning. This afternoon and tomorrow will prove that the Harvard stands can contribute all of that fifty percent...
...case of an institution of learning, are great assets. A great and loyal body of alumni scattered throughout the length and breadth of the land helps to explain the wide scope of Harvard's appeal. At any rate a freshman class recruited from 43 states ought to prove a pretty fair melting-pot of broad Americanism. --Boston Herald...