Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bankers hailed him as one of their own. Miller will have to be a miracle man to keep that universal favor; his cheering section includes both people who predict that he will be less tight on money than Burns, and others who assert with equal confidence that he will prove just as conservative and independent as the chairman he replaces. But for the moment the only discordant notes came from some American grumblers who think that Carter should have chosen a banker or economist rather than a corporate chieftain, and from the foreign exchange markets, where the dollar initially fell...
...with Royal Little, the New England businessman who was putting together Textron, one of the first conglomerates-those companies that sweep together the most wildly diverse businesses. Joining Textron at the invitation of Little, who warned him that he would be fired in a year if he did not prove his abilities, Miller became president in 1960 at the age of 35, chief executive in 1968 and chairman...
...prove their point they enlisted 58 scientists to discuss what was unknown in their fields. The co-editors quickly discovered that "the more eminent they were, the more ready to run to us with their ignorance." Some of the contributors are indeed eminent: Molecular Biologists Francis Crick and Sir John Kendrew. Chemist Linus Pauling (all Nobel laureates), Anthropologist Donald Johanson, Astronomers Sir Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold, Physicist John Wheeler. The conundrums they pose are also notable. How did the universe come into being? Why do we sleep? How are galaxies formed? What is consciousness? Why does a species become...
...offensive contributions of the four forwards are distributed equally, with Benson emerging as the team's second leading goal scorer with six tallies, trailing only junior phenom George Hughes. McDonald's ten assists prove his reliability as a playmaker, while Evans and Murray have added five and four goals respectively...
...whole affair by investigating Siwek's complaint, notes that this is the first time so many state attorneys general have banded together to fight a case on behalf of consumers against a giant national company. Says Scott: "We really formed a national public service law firm that could prove effective again in the future" if another company gives grounds for reactivating the coalition...