Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President continued. The drastic reversals in policy by Nixon even seemed to worry some critics anew. In a particularly unkind cut, AFL-CIO President George Meany not only said that his union still wanted Nixon out of office, but added: "The events of the last several days prove the dangerous emotional instability of the President." The White House felt obliged to dignify this with a reply. Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren called it one of "the most incredible, inexcusable and irresponsible statements ever made by anyone who is in a position to have his comments and remarks carried...
Moreover, Bork's search might not prove easy. TIME has learned that his first nominee was rejected by Nixon, apparently on the ground of the man's political leanings. If that is true, both Nixon and Bork still have a lot to learn. Bork had not even been inquiring into the politics of his nominees, on the proper, but apparently naive assumption that after all that has happened Nixon would not dare insert politics into his choice...
...campaign should prove bitter, with hawks more hawkish than ever, doves more dovish. No one expects the voters to defeat the popular Mrs. Meir, a hawk who has constantly urged a tough stance toward the Arabs. Her Labor Party and the leftist Mapam Party, its principal ally in Israel's coalition government, should retain a majority of the Knesset's 120 seats...
Harvard travels to Penn today to take on a tough, unbeaten Quaker team. This is the key game of the weekend and may prove to be the key game of the season...
...years, as Howard University discovered when it brought in an entire team from Trinidad, won the NCAA and was subsequently stripped of that title for alleged recruiting violations. Harvard has earned a good reputation for sticking to the Ivy League recruiting guide lines, and it would be hard to prove otherwise. Whereas past Harvard teams have relied heavily on individual skill, most of which was already acquired before coming to Cambridge, this year's team had had to do it the tough ways, by hustling, never giving up, playing as a team, and waiting for the breaks. Given a chance...