Word: proved
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...although the housing report is unlikely to undergo revision in order to pacify some of its opponents, in the long run, well, this may prove to be the last round of the annual housing debate...
...purposely on Thomas as storyteller; but his powerful readings of the only two poems he recites, "The Hand that Signed the Paper," and "And Death Shall Have No Dominion," made me wish he'd included more. Williams presumably feared, not without reason, that much of Thomas's poetry would prove as inaccessible to a theater audience as it did to me as a child; still, it's hard to imagine a picture of Thomas's childhood complete without "Fern Hill...
...should note that a goal in the past has been the maintenance of a 1:1 sex ratio in the Quad Houses. Currently the ratio there is about 1.6 to 1 and, since the ratio for the most recently admitted class is 1.9 to 1, this issue may well prove to be less significant than it has been in the past. Nevertheless, because this issue is important to some Quad residents, I favor maintaining a slightly lower ratio of men to women at the Quad until such time as the changing applicant pool renders this measure unnecessary...
George Dunne: Considered by many as the favorite, Dunne is an able veteran of Machine politics who could prove wrong the general feeling that no one after Daley will control both the party and the city. Like Bilandic, he would run only if slated by the County Central Committee he heads...
Although a discussion of ethics is only one part of the book, it is key to understanding Schumacher's purpose. He seeks to prove that only a discussion of values and value judgments, a task of metaphysical reconstruction if you will, can provide solutions in the broad problem areas he outlines in his book. If Schumacher has a mission, it is to save us from the type of economics which deems human values either too vague and subjective to be adopted as goals, or as being automatically realized through the successful pursuit of wealth and power. Small is Beautiful...