Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard declares forewith its intention to either support or, in those cases in which appropriate resolutions have not been proposed, initiate shareholder resolutions calling for corporate withdrawal except in those cases where the corporations can prove, according to the following guidelines, that, by the time resolutions come to a vote in spring 1979, their presence does more to end apartheid than withdrawal would...
...gridiron glory, but this year's draft passed by a few quite legitimate pro prospects. We all know about Harvard's own Jim Curry; he's had the talent and potential to tear any league wide open, yet no team was willing to give him a chance to prove...
...vote against us whenever they like, can bad-mouth the President whenever they like, and still ask him to help them by attending fund raisers and campaigning for them." These aides insist that despite Carter's low ratings in the polls, the President's support will prove an asset to most Democrats seeking reelection. Argued one: "The voters continue to give him high marks personally. He's a good man, and he's a good campaigner...
...Navy's unconcealed rage against the Guidance and the proposed shipbuilding cutbacks has jolted the Administration. At background briefings all around the Pentagon Harold Brown's aides have been straining to explain their reasons for issuing the controversial document. While many of their arguments are practical and plausible, they prove one of the Navy's charges: strategy has become a product of budget requirements and not vice versa, as ideally and theoretically it should be. One of Brown's aides admits: "The Commander in Chief has decided that the defense budget is $126 billion and that the emphasis must...
...such a wimpy-looking guy?" You too can go ponder that question at the Orpheum tonight at 7:30, because "The Other Elvis" will be there playing wimp rock, along with Mink de Ville and Nick Lowe. Tickets are $6.50 or $7.50, with a $2 discount if you can prove you are an Afghanistanian citizen. Seems this is "Be Kind to Central Asians week...