Word: proved
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nevertheless, the character is enough of a success to prove that great men can suffer with greater subtlety and complexity, and no less intensity, than the clods out of which modern plays are frequently heaped up. Thomas' words sometimes cast a glow, a light never seen on land or sea, even on the murderers (though never on the murders); but it is Doctor Rock's reaction, in the scene where before a phantom audience he lectures on the dissection of the human conscience, that proves that melodrama can be used for purposes of poetry...
...Urey still thinks that the clouds in the Venusian atmosphere may be made of water droplets like clouds on earth, but few astronomers agree with him. Dr. Kuiper thinks they are made of fine dust particles of carbon suboxide (0302). In an attempt to prove this theory, he made a mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and exposed it to assorted radiation at the Argonne National Laboratory. Sure enough, carbon suboxide formed, and its molecules stuck together to make particles of yellowish polymer...
...supreme deterrent to any earth aggressor. Most scientists do not agree. Nor do they think much of the idea of armed satellite bases. They see little reason to shoot from a satellite when a rocket shot from solid ground can hit any target on earth. But satellites may prove to have value as "eyes in the sky" over enemy territory...
...personality since Clark Gable with a mustache: Yul Brynner with hair. Yul did not really grow his own. The studio has provided him with a "transformation"-a curly, reddish-brown confection that suggests a sensitive blend of Bonaparte, Presley and well-kept Irish setter. Unfortunately, the picture will surely prove for many moviegoers, no less than it was for Actor Brynner, a hair-raising experience...
...appointments, though a big step in the right direction, cannot be expected to solve all of the Council's problems. The Council is in the precarious position of having to prove its value to the community, if it is to continue as a recognized undergraduate body with a justification for existence. If there is to be a renaissance of the Council it must come this year on the wave of interest generated by the new appointments...