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Word: proved (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whose liberalism goes beyond emotionalism and a hunger for headlines needs argument to prove the present existence and the future guarantee of free speech on the Wisconsin campus, I am sure of that. And no argument that I have yet seen convinces me that liberalism is inconsistent with at least a minimum sense of propriety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Take a Bath | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

State could show that Governor Jackson had also conspired to conceal the bribery. This, the State failed to prove. Special Judge Charles M. McCabe ordered the acquittal of Governor Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: In Indiana | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...owns a California estate where cattle and oranges are bred and grown "for fun." He was pleased last week by the value of one hundred cents set on Gillette patents. The chief effects are two: 1) to cut down taxes on the declared "worth" of the patents; 2) to prove that the Gillette company has no need to bolster its assets-column with the figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: One Dollar | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...University fencing team will encounter what is expected to prove the keenest opposition to be met this year, when it duels the strong Yale outfit at 8 o'clock this evening in Hemenway Gymnasium. Before the University tilt the Freshmen will engage the Eli first year men in a contest that is scheduled to start at 7 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRONG YALE FENCERS INVADING CAMBRIDGE | 2/25/1928 | See Source »

...other seaside resorts would like to follow San Remo's example, but their wishes will not be fulfilled. . . . For very strong reasons of a political and economic nature a special exception was made in favor of San Remo, but the exception in this case also serves but to prove the rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Glowing Stars | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

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