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Word: proved (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...said he would prove that Harvard was doing right in "firing" the American Civilization counselor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dorgan Petitions Moscow to Give 'Unamerican' Hicks Job | 4/12/1939 | See Source »

...discussing the Class Dance question, let's keep "Joe College" out of the picture. We want no rah-rah affair, but there is nothing to prove that a Junior Prom week-end at Harvard would take on the aspect of a University of Miami brawl. Hobart A. Lerner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 4/11/1939 | See Source »

...matters is that it be interesting to me. This life is a great deal of fun, and I enjoy every minute of it--I'd quit right away if I didn't. So, in my column, I try to keep up the fun; nothing is ever included that would prove boring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walter Winchell Claims Deficiency In Education Explains Ability as Stylist | 4/11/1939 | See Source »

...decided to prove his point by breeding a strain of highly emotional rats, another strain of unemotional rats. His arena for testing rat emotion was a well-lighted circular enclosure about seven feet across, with a smooth linoleum floor. Since rats like nooks, crannies and darkness they found this "open field" mildly terrifying. They showed emotion by excreting. That excretion is a valid evidence of emotion is affirmed by the experiences of countless soldiers suffering extreme fear in battle, of some aviators just about to crash, by the observation of dog-owners who see their pets stop more frequently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Emotional Rats | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

George Hanford has been shaping up splendidly at goal and it looks as if the Crimson not well guarded this season. Fine performances were made by Childs, Edmunds, and Gilbert, who may prove very valuable this spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STICKMEN OVERWHELMED IN VACATION MATCHES | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

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