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Word: proved (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...indictment shows that he is just a common thief," announced Prosecutor Dewey, abridging the principle of English and U. S. law that indictments prove nothing. The twelve counts alleged that Fritz Kuhn: 1) stole $8,907 collected at the Bund's February rally in Manhattan; 2) stole $4,424 collected to defend six Long Island Bundsters who were convicted of violating the State Civil Rights Law last July; 3) stole $565 of Bund money to move the furniture of a blonde divorcee, Mrs. Florence Camp, from Los Angeles to Manhattan;-4) stole $151 to move Mrs. Camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Common Fox? | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...high school graduate is more likely to work, for he has to prove his scholastic ability in competition with the other high school students for a college education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Porter Sargent Is Sure Disinterest Causes Tutoring | 5/31/1939 | See Source »

Homer gained popularity, and justly so, because of his unusual technical facility, and his paintings prove him to be a fine craftsman. Really good art, however, does not consist in mere excellence of handling a give medium. Homer uses color well, and his paintings are beautiful, but there is no mark of actual and reverberating content in his work. Marin, on the other hand, with his contrapuntal placement of emphatic colors, arrives at an emotional shorthand which leads him to pointed interpretations of scenes and aspects of nature. His "Mt. Chocorua" exemplifies this phase of his painting and also serves...

Author: By Jack Wllar, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...committee has already had one conference in regard to the proposed contribution, but Lyons feels another might prove more fruitful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lyons Dismisses Conant's Answer | 5/25/1939 | See Source »

This is wholly untrue as a reading of the Doctor's address will quickly prove. Dr. Kopetzky's high standing in the medical profession is convincing proof of his loyalty to the Hippocratic Oath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 22, 1939 | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

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