Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defense is led by one-man wrecking crew, All-East middle linebacker Reggie Williams, and should be strong. The offense has problems, but if a quarterback can be found to toss the spheroid to receiver Tom Fleming, the Big Green should prove as tough as always...
...long awaited switch was a settlement, it seemed unlikely to prove a solution to the political crisis that has plagued the country for the past two months. For one thing, Pinheiro de Azevedo's politics are somewhat suspect to the moderates; some of his closest aides are staunch Communists. For another, Gonçalves was out but not down. As Chief of Staff, he would still wield considerable power. The switch did not placate the nine moderate military officers, headed by former Foreign Minister Major Ernesto Melo Antunes, who had campaigned for Gonçalves' ouster...
...balance of payments surplus. By 1980, according to the World Bank's McNamara, many of the OPEC states "are likely to reduce their level of aid as their imports rise and their trade surpluses diminish." Economists argue, moreover, that some of the more radical demands will in fact prove to be self-defeating. By dangling the threat of nationalization with only token compensation, they are likely to discourage badly needed capital investment...
...real self, that is on the line. In his new book, The Age of Sensation (Norton; $9.95), Psychoanalyst Herbert Hendin tells of a homosexual Columbia College student he calls Hal. Hal hoped for a "long relationship with a man" but also feared that any such relationship would prove destructive and painful, so he retreated "to a life of casual contacts that were so meaningless that they could not deeply hurt...
...stupid exercises that bring out the worst in everyone: sponsors, contestants, audiences. This is not exactly big news. If it were, Bert Parks would be out of the last of his jobs, since the reason that most people tune in events like the Miss America Contest is to prove their cultural superiority to the few remaining dopes who take such matters seriously. Indeed, if there is any point at all in watching beauty contests at this late date, it is as a moral exercise: to see if one can pass beyond easy hilarity to develop compassion for those poor bimbos...