Word: proved
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...with crew, because crew is an old and traditional sport; it is contained within the multitudes of the meaning of Harvard. And besides, it has an overwhelming reserve of alumni financial support. All of which does to prove, of course, that the University has learned that it's easier to ski down a hill than to row up a hill against the current...
Whatever effect the possible prestige of a dean of the College being made Master of Dudley House might have, he said, "men as men are still more important than titles." He said that he hoped he could prove his worth as the "neophyte Master," and that he would try to upgrade the respect of the Cambridge community for the commuter House...
Even the old argument that good food is necessary for good athletic performance has lost much of its force, in the face of strong medical evidence to the contrary. An exhaustive study by three doctors at the Harvard School of Public Health two years ago seemed to prove that the physiological effects of the training meal were negligible. The only consolation offered to old-school devotees was the possibility of psychological benefits--viz. "the sense of security generally attainable by the practice of rituals" or ego-building derived from "eating red meat as a symbol of manly vigor...
...into the night with the man whose strong nerves are now being put to the test by Russia. Correspondents in Rome and Cairo filed stories on the weird assault on the former Aga Khan's widow. In Ghana, a reporter was on hand to see what may prove to be the historic meeting between two of Africa's rising young leaders, the Prime Ministers of Ghana and Guinea, a unique merger of independent nations once British and French...
CHEAP NUCLEAR POWER is goal of 54 utilities that propose to build new type, 40,000 kw. reactor outside Philadelphia. It would be cooled by helium; method may well prove more economical than usual water cooling...