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Word: proved (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inauguration of the House Plan next year the physical limits of the present buildings will have been reached. While there remains a small margin of expansion in the fact that the rooms are not always used up to their full capacity, to take advantage of this small leeway would prove very difficult and would involve many undesirable features. Otherwise, the only recourse would be to multiply the number of afternoon classes, already unpopular among both professors and students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GROWING PAINS | 3/7/1929 | See Source »

...never before witnessed a "Chauve-Souris" production the display now on view should prove eminently worth while. It is a fresh breath in a theatrical world just now grown quite sultry. But, on the other hand, warning must be issued that if attending this revue will mean your second or third visit, it may not be all that past memories lead you to expect. For from our carefully amassed comments of theatregoers we find it reported that there is too much sameness in the productions. There is less dash; the joie de vivre seems to have worn...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/7/1929 | See Source »

...Bingham has asked the Boston Garden to reserve for the event the first Saturday in March, in the hope that the Association will give him a chance to prove the adequacy of the Garden for such a meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BINGHAM SEEKS TO HOLD I. C. 4A. IN GARDEN IN 1930 | 3/5/1929 | See Source »

Anyone who knows Ray Wilbur and his work must resent as I resent this "Yes man" [TIME, Feb. 11] implication. I am sure that time will reveal and TIME will publish news of Ray Lyman Wilbur which will prove the injustice of this imputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 4, 1929 | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Realist: I defy you to prove it. A fellow likes a girl for her own sake and not for a lot of glad rags...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "DUTCH TREAT DATES" | 3/2/1929 | See Source »

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