Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this year, but the agency lacks the money and manpower to scrutinize all of these. So, as any business would, the IRS concentrates on the 2 million or so returns that seem to offer the greatest potential for "profit." To start, it listens to informers, and if their tips prove to be accurate, can reward them with up to 10% of the extra taxes seized. "Thousands of tips are received every year, and quite a few are generated by a get-even motive," says IRS Spokesman Wilson Fadely. Jilted lovers, jealous spouses, aggrieved employees, angry (or envious) neighbors and other...
However, it is more likely that the provisions set up by the agreement will increase the effect students can have on the administrative decision-making process; and if these committees and organizations prove effective, then the demonstration was well worth the effort...
...Varsity: "Everybody will come in with a clean slate. Nobody has won a job as a result of this season--they'll have to prove themselves again in the fall. I think that's a fair philosophy--it keeps everyone working hard during the spring and summer as well...
...Proxmire's badgering tone cost him control of his own committee, whose members had received phone calls the day before from Vice President Walter Mondale and Trade Negotiator Robert Strauss urging Miller's confirmation. Illinois Democrat Adlai Stevenson III complained that the committee was asking Miller to prove his innocence rather than confronting him with evidence of guilt. Conservative Republican John Tower of Texas grumbled that "this type of inquiry is how we get our jollies in the Senate. It is easy harassment...
...potential problems, Martin's strategy could prove the wisest course. The Yankees' biggest arms were very sore last season. Catfish Hunter had shoulder problems and a 9-9 record, his worst in nearly a decade. His return could be hobbled by a new problem: he has diabetes. But team doctors stress that his condition can be controlled with medication, and other top athletes have played successfully despite the disease.* Don Gullett also struggled through last season with shoulder miseries, and newly acquired Andy Messersmith underwent offseason elbow surgery. If healthy, however, the Yankee pitchers could be awesome: together...