Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Judging by comparative records, the Crimson nine should prove perfectly capable of subduing the Maine aggregation, though the Down East team is rated as one of the strongest in the Pine Tree state. The invading combination was beaten by Brown, 2 to 0, while the Crimson team was able to gather in a Bruin sealp with little difficulty...
Countered Mr. Robinson, when his turn came to speak: "I cannot clearly see how a restriction in output could assure a continuity of supply at a high level and prove of ultimate benefit to the world. I am also wondering whether the fact that over 75% of the commodity is consumed-in a nonproducing country [the U. S.], while the country controlling restriction [Great Britain] consumes but 7% of the total supply, might be looked upon as discrimination...
...consists of some 200 freshmen who attend classes in a hotel lent by a real estate development company. And yet, Miamians saw fit recently to launch a drive for $500,000 to build a football stadium. "Building this stadium," said one publicist, "is the best possible way to prove to the North that Miami is not down and out, but is still going strong." Skeptics urged that the university yell be changed to: "Boom! Boom! Boom...
...optimistic terms. Said he: "The Commission has carried out its assignment. ... It has drawn up a scheme [the "Draft Treaty of Disarmament"] for the reduction and limitation of armaments. . . . While it is true that the figures quantitatively representing armaments remain to be filled in; and, while this must prove a task of great difficulty, still broad outlines have been established. . . . Reservations have been made by various countries and alternative texts provided, but the differences yet remaining have been defined and restricted. There is little doubt that the remaining differences will yield to treatment. . . . The issue now passes from the league...
...these days," he continued, "a sale of 100,000 copies of a piece is considered extraordinary partly because of the great number of song, writers in business who did not write ten years ago. There are so many pieces on the market that only the unusual ones prove of large selling value...