Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doesn't frighten me at all. I feel prepared, and I know the policies I believe in would be sound." Nonetheless, some people worry that Ford's plodding, amiable ways and his eagerness for consensus may render him less than decisive in a national crisis. His openness could prove to be a liability in the White House, where nations hang on a President's every word. Candor could cause the same kind of trouble for Ford that it did for Harry Truman?though it must be said that Truman survived his faults with honor. As Ford recently confided...
...honeymoon between a newly-installed president and the press is traditional, and reporters have referred to it openly (and jokingly) in their stories of the past week. A trial period for a new man in office is only fair, of course--he must be allowed time to prove himself. Thus, in a now-famous 1968 cartoon for The Washington Post, Herblock captioned an empty barbershop chair, "Everyone who enters this shop receives a clean shave," signaling the suspension of a long-held grudge against incoming President Richard Nixon...
Daniel Ellsberg is a man prone to "apparently sudden and extreme shifts in loyalty and enthusiasm." Always wrestling with a submissive side of his personality that he dislikes, he has plunged into "blatant sexual activities with a wide variety of women (Swedish to East Indian)," perhaps to prove "he was his own man." He also harbors feelings of rage against authority figures ranging from his father to the President...
...Trust Co., predicts that rising food prices will keep living costs rising at a double-digit rate for the rest of the year, though he sees the pace slackening from close to 13% currently to about 10% by December. Says Gaines: "Except for 1946 and 1920, 1974 will probably prove to be the worst year in our history for consumer inflation...
...scientists have been able to prove the claimed ages of the centenarians or satisfactorily explain longevity among such widely dispersed peoples, says Medvedev. He methodically ticks off each suggested cause. It is not mountain air, because many of the oldsters live at sea level. Nor is it temperature, because some live in torrid and others in frigid zones. Diet varies radically. Some of the people studied subsist on what heart specialists would consider healthful fare while others consume great quantities of fats and wine...