Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blacklists," made little headway at the congress. She and her friends and their resolutions were soon silenced. The victory of President-General Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau and her sister officers was complete. Mrs. Bailie, however, had a last word and said: "Like the victory of Bunker Hill, it will prove to be too costly. The revolution is well under way and cannot be stayed...
When Wilbur Glenn Voliva enthusiastically set out to prove to the world that it was flat and set upon four poles, as the Bible states, he intended to convert the thousands to his enlightened cause, not to have his chosen people converted to the cause of the thousands. Confidently he sailed to Europe with his mind stuffed full of convincing diatribes, never once considering the danger to his own well pastured sheep, safe, as he thought, in Zion City and in the confident belief in the flatness of this unbelieving world...
...throw the javelin, and Pratt and Guarnaccia to heave the shot and discus. To stack up with these men the Hanoverians will place Phillips and Lyle in the hammer. Harden in the javelin, and McAvoy and Lyle in the shot and discus. The javelin, shot and discus may prove to be the most closely contested events of the meet, with the University holding a slight edge...
...crusade of the debating team from the University of the Philippines to prove that their country is ready for independence kept its record clear by defeating Harvard last Saturday. So far in their tour of this country the islanders have won the votes of every audience they have faced, and no doubt they hope that such expressions of opinion will have effect in determining the policies of the "imperialistic" powers in Washington...
Four Harvard crews will open their racing season on the Charles against their perennial rivals from Technology. The interests of rowing followers will center on these short-distance brushes which should prove the first fruits of the second season of Coach Brown's tutelage of the Harvard oarsmen. The Thames Victory over Yale last June was a tribute to Brown and to his assistants. In this year, an Olympic year, the repeated fulfillment of this promise will be gratifying...