Word: proved
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...estimated 5,000,000 hunting dogs that will be roaming the autumn landscape, only a small percentage are formally registered by their owners, many of whom balk at the expense and bother. But the vast majority are purebred nonetheless and, as many a fond owner will testify, prove just as efficient in the field as those whose ancestry is a matter of record...
...pass defense was the most glaring weakness in the Harvard ranks during last week's 21-14 loss at Cornell. The varsity backs simply don't seem to have the speed and experience needed to cover shifty receivers, and this fault, fatal against the Ithacans' Tom Skypeck, may again prove disastrous against lefthanded quarterback Bob Scheu of the Engineers...
...show how we feel about the maintenance of law and free, public, integrated education. Let us start reacting first by showing simply that we exist and that we are going to rebuild Clinton's high school to prove...
...that his daughter is going to marry. He rushes to the scene, snows the long time unseen daughter, piques the ex-wife, gripes the stepfather and disgruntles the groom. He wants to return to the Europe of his youth with his daughter in her mother's place just to prove he's as lively as he ever...
After Cellini's death the bust apparently lost its identity; since 1791 it has been owned by an English noble family that could not prove its authenticity when forced by circumstances to sell it to a U.S. collector. Heil's conclusion: "It is completely in the personal style of Cellini, and so unique in craftsmanship that nobody but Cellini could have done...