Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thought homosexuals were supposed to be limp-wristed effeminates. Now I read that we're aggressive, murder-inclined males subject to a "blend of sex and male-to-male rivalry" that can prove "explosive...
Fire Storm. Running on nerve and verve to make up for used sails and older design, Turner, 38, has transformed his four-year-old boat into a front runner, a conversion he hoped would prove contagious when he invited his Atlanta Braves baseball team to watch him race. Courageous had been sailed to the 1974 Cup victory by Hood, who this year planned to use it (with Turner as captain) for tune-up duty as Independence's sparring partner. But Hood reckoned without the cocky skipper's fierce competitiveness. "Everything...
Resurrecting Teng as a political power may prove more troublesome for Hua than rehabilitating his policies. One reason is that the new Chairman's claim to legitimacy rests on Mao's supposed deathbed benediction of his leadership. Thus the restored presence of Teng, who was twice ousted by Mao, may suggest to party workers that Hua is vulnerable. The Chairman, in fact, is a relatively youthful (56) political newcomer without a power base in the party or the armed forces to bolster his position. Moreover, Teng has become something of a national hero because of his feisty, down...
Killed Off. Smith's announcement of elections caused consternation in Washington and London. Western diplomats reasoned that a renewed Smith mandate would prove almost nothing since only 7,500 of Rhodesia's 6.5 million blacks are eligible to vote under the present system. The diplomats doubted that Smith could win the cooperation of any major black leaders, and in any case they were convinced that a settlement must include the Patriotic Front...
...fear of many of sociobiology's opponents is that it will prove nothing but leave a heavy political impact anyway. Sahlins fears it may disappear as a science but go on and on in the popular culture...