Word: proved
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this face-saving ghost of the Administration's pet tax project might well be further modified the Committee was well aware when it reported the bill. What it did not expect was that a 326 to 104 Democratic majority in the House would, especially in an election year, prove so much more responsive to the wishes of business than to the wishes of the Administration as to kill the third basket entirely. This last week was precisely what occurred. So eager was Congress to show that it is still a representative body that it was willing to risk...
...theoretical questions about the make-up of the hypothetical continent, began disrupting each other's meetings with real tear-gas bombs. In Denmark enthusiasts founded a principality of Atlantis, issued coins and stamps and placed Prince Christian on their imaginary throne. In Germany another wrote a book to prove that Atlantis was the original home of the Aryans, that when it was destroyed only three Aryans escaped. "Then comes the unexpected denouement," says Author Bramwell. "It turns out that the whole point of the book is to show that the author is descended from Jupiter." Although Lost Atlantis contains...
...Crimson after the breaststroke or at the latest after the 440. Princeton's triumph over the Elis has removed a lot of the uncertainty about the meet's results, and, unconvincing as comparative scores may be, the fact that Harvard has already trimmed the trimmers of Yale should prove something this time...
...Pete Smith specialty, a short starring Charlie McCarthy, and two news-reels--Paramount and M.G.M.--edited to avoid overlapping. These will run for the rest of the week and similar programs will be shown every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and will be extended to the whole week if they prove successful...
...reasons for dismissal, in certain cases, are disputable. Why, for instance, should an English teacher be required to waste several years obtaining a Ph.D., if he has no interest in doing his research work in Philosophy? Such a man can prove as good a scholar along more modern and more unexplored lines. Granted that the academic side of teaching is the major consideration, the human or personal element must not be overlooked. For, unless a man puts his knowledge across to his students, he is merely a scholar, not a teacher. Again, should the political or social tendencies of teachers...