Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With the onset of Christmas vacation, the time has come for the trackmen to cool their jets. For a time, at least, until Northeastern rears its ugly head on January 14. If the Crimson can regain its momentum, however, it should prove another prime opportunity for more turkey-shooting...
...same ideas about activism followed me into college. I drew clear distinctions between those who believed in certain principles and those who marched to prove their beliefs. The latter were louder, more agitated, and perhaps braver-and I certainly wasn't one of them. I went through freshman year without taking a political stand on anything. After all, I wasn't yet able to vote, and I had enough problems with everything else to keep me busy...
Cartoons are the laughingstock of journalism; they are not a long-term investment. Put between covers, the illustrations and captions seem prematurely aged and irrelevant. This year three exceptions prove that rule. George Price's angular eccentrics have been celebrated for 45 years; his latest work, Browse at Your Own Risk (Simon & Schuster; 128 pages; $7.95), is aptly titled. The risk is seizures of mirth that render the reader helpless. Price's pen and punch line are, as always, off the wall: "My mother doesn't even bother to come to the games," complains one halfback...
Upon closer examination, however, the new shows prove to be quite unlike the older ones whose formulas they borrow; plots and characters may be similar, but the message they deliver is not. ABC's blockbusters are downright obsessed with two subjects-youth and sex-that were never too important to earlier successful series. Obviously this twin fixation strikes a popular chord-for the Tuesday night hits win every age group in the Nielsen survey. The America they reflect is younger and sassier than the one that once embraced Lucy and Dobie. Happy Days'frantic pace...
...that's nice; let's talk about Coach Stephanie Walsh's hat. You see, Saturday was Hat Day at the IAB and each member of the squad entered wearing a hat. It was hardly an attempt to psyche the opposition but it did prove to be the highlight of an otherwise predictable meet...