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Word: proved (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cent or more of the collection squirrelled away on storage shelves. While scholars have access to this material, most students never have an opportunity to work with the bulk of the collection. In addition, the museum must at times turn down gifts of art work that might prove valuable to students because of space constraints. Although the number of donations to the museum varies each year, with as much as 100 pieces of artwork given in some years, the overcrowding stays constant. Although these space inadequacies have spurred a drive to raise money for a new wing, the museum...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Obscured By The Fogg | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

...condemned? Britain, the U.S. and France have just meekly and mildly accepted a false accusation from [neighboring] Lesotho that South Africa closed three border posts. The fact is that the West is not prepared to speak up when the Afro-Asians make their accusations. They needn't prove a damn thing, but everybody accepts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN AFRICA: The White Bastion: Hanging Tough | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

...thing, there should be little doubt that Harvard will not conclude its season on Saturday. It just doesn't work like that. Somebody is bound to lose, and to prove it, I'll put up a one-way ticket to Troy, N.Y. against whatever you're doing on Tuesday night. That's right, if Harvard misses the playoffs, you go to Troy and I'll, well...see you around History 1422, bloke. ECAC DIVISION I HOCKEY STANDINGS W L T 1) Clarkson 18 4 0 2) New Hampshire 21 5 0 3) Boston University 16 6 1 4) Cornell...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Skating on Thin Ice | 3/3/1977 | See Source »

...FILM'S first half centers on Mike Katz, a former New York Jet and amateur bodybuilder. Katz says he always felt a need to "prove myself" and be feared on the football field. As with Schwarzenegger's sexual pleasures, director George Butler loses another opportunity for deeper analysis. An aging jock, with puka beads, a double-knit leisure suit and the hair from the back of his head combed over his balding pate, Katz comes across as an archetypal bodybuilder...

Author: By Michael Kendall, | Title: Blubber Is Blubber | 3/1/1977 | See Source »

...fewer shots at the top, though there will be more titular promotions and merit raises to reward the faithful. On the positive side, lessened competition may result in heightened creativity. People may concentrate on doing what they know best, rather than aspiring to levels at which they may prove incompetent, or be bored, or both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Looking to the ZPGeneration | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

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