Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rykiel, Kenzo, et al. design clothing that makes women appear as if they doubt their sexual identity and must bare their breasts to prove to the world that they are women. Either this or it is once again apparent that the designers do not like women and do whatever is necessary to make them look garish and foolish...
...overthrow in 1974 by a leftist junta, Addis Ababa's relations with the U.S. cooled. Despite their ties to Somalia, the Russians saw a chance to establish a presence in Ethiopia, which is almost ten times as populous as Somalia and whose ancient feudal society might prove more receptive to Soviet socialism over the long run than Muslim Somalia had been. Many observers think Moscow diplomats genuinely believed they could continue to have it two ways: maintaining close ties with both Mogadishu and Addis Ababa while tilting toward Ethiopia in the current...
...working as a hospital psychologist in an undisclosed Western city, Herbert may still win his four-year-old libel suit if he can prove in some other way that CBS's allegations against him were false, damaging and recklessly made. Whatever the outcome, both sides would feel better if the Supreme Court some day settled the question of whether a journalist can be forced to divulge his thoughts and opinions. "As long as the question is open," says Lando, "any time a reporter sits down to discuss something with his editor, he'll keep in the back...
...American hybrids, crossbreeds developed for more changeable climes, are also being cultivated in at least 27 other states and yielding serious table wines They are not, and never will be, Lafites or Corons but they are at least comparable to the local wines of France, and at best may prove in time to be far superior...
...clerk, he glanced through the window at the big winner. "Hi, Doc," the stablehand said. The salutation was for Dr. Mark Gerard, veterinarian to Secretariat during that Triple Crown winner's racing days and a familiar face to Belmont backstretchers. The chance encounter with the courier was to prove very troublesome. Three weeks later, a Uruguayan newspaperman called the Jockey Club steward at Belmont and told him that the horse in the winner's circle photograph was not Lebón but Cinzano, Uruguay's 1976 Horse of the Year. That brought Gerard under suspicion of engineering...