Word: proved
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...whole exercise was disturbingly reminiscent of the Israelis' incursion into southern Lebanon in March 1978. In that operation, which verged on prolonged occupation, more than 2,000 people were killed and 265,000 made homeless. What were the Israelis trying to prove this time? Evidently they were prepared to risk everything, perhaps even the peace treaty with Egypt, in an effort to compel the Palestinians to end their terrorist raids on Israel. Recent assaults have been particularly vicious; in fact, the rejectionist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine described last week's attempted attack on the kibbutz...
...version of public discussion--asking people to "read my letters"--has proven unsatisfactory and evasive. If he is truly committed to promoting reasoned debate on the subject of divestiture, he now had a perfect opportunity to prove it by accepting Tsongas's challenge...
There is some racial joking in Love at First Bite that one could have done without. It is intended to prove that nothing is sacred to the film makers, but it just plays uncomfortably. There is also a flatness about Stan Dragoti's direction that prevents the film from realizing all its comic potential. But the performances (including that of Arte Johnson as Renfield, the count's bug-eating assistant) are uniformly jolly, the parody of the basic Dracula formula well observed and its social commentary deliciously off the wall. The production's genially tatty air enhances...
...Meyerhoff, a Baltimore developer, was all the more convincing because of the rocky way he was handled during the preparation for the Derby. Trainer Grover ("Bud") Delp had boasted that Spectacular Bid was "better than Man o' War," and then asked the big, gun-metal gray colt to prove it. The Thoroughbred was whipped hard in almost every race, no matter how far ahead he was. He won every time, yet his very success raised a serious question: Had he been forced to peak prematurely...
With the longer distances, Yale's strength advantage could again prove decisive. As senior captain and stroke Gordie Gardiner said, "They're big and they're strong and they are going to be tough at four miles...