Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reviewing the lectures of today, the Vagabond finds a myriad which he believes would prove, if not interesting, at least not otherwise. But, after all, it is Saturday, and the Vagabond feels, and not without reason, that he must, lie abed in hopes of better times, which incidentally, he expects to accrue to him sometime this afternoon...
Significance. In essence the Kellogg treaty text is simply a joint pledge of faith and honor. It does not state what, if anything, is to be done if one of the parties breaks faith. But it would prove useful in mobilizing public opinion against a faithless Power...
Despatches finally asserted that the young Grand Duchess had signified her willingness to permit Serpent-Man Zubkov to enter and reside in her Eden, but solely on condition that he prove himself capable of respecting the public peace...
...college. To be sure the man who has the ability to do well but does not use it at college will not lose his ability thereby, but if success at college studies is to be accepted as an evidence of a capacity for business, then certainly the opportunity to prove that capacity is one well worth having...
Although men have, until comparatively recent times, persistently sought to find some mystical significance in numbers their efforts have met with but little success. The attempt to prove that qualities of good and evil are inherent in the number 7 and the number 13 respectively, has been virtually abandoned; human ingenuity has turned rather to a study of numbers in their relation to each other. While the mystic has discovered that numbers in themselves signify nothing, the mathematician has found that numbers in series or in combinations may mean a great deal...