Word: proved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would anyone who does not mind being tricked and teased by the architecture at almost every turn. The new building (paid for mainly by O.S.U. alumnus and Columbus-based retailer Leslie Wexner) may have been the perfect project for this hyperintellectualizing bad boy to prove himself on: it was conceived by the university as both a museum and a seedbed for avant-garde art, from Anselm Kiefer paintings to Pina Bausch performances to a new video installation that displays images from the building's surveillance cameras. Did the university want a fin-de-siecle monument to erudite monomania, inspired nervousness...
...while longer to preserve his legacy of economic growth as well as to ensure the succession of his newly anointed heir, Jiang Zemin, a former Shanghai mayor who was named General Secretary in the chaos following the massacre. So far, however, Jiang has had little opportunity to prove his mettle. In fact, even though the Central Committee named Jiang to succeed Deng, it also expanded the powers of hard- line President Yang Shangkun, 82, a Jiang rival. Unlike Jiang, Yang has a national base and a large following in the army...
...Wall had become the perfect symbol of oppression. Ronald Reagan in 1987, standing at the Brandenburg Gate with his back to the barrier, was the most recent in a long line of visiting Western leaders who challenged the Communists to level the Wall if they wanted to prove that they were serious about liberalizing their societies. "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!" cried the President. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" There was no answer from Moscow at the time; only nine months ago, Honecker vowed that the Wall would remain for 100 years...
Stoyan Mihailov, a reformer who was removed from the Central Committee and stripped of his ideology portfolio under Zhivkov last year, was made minister of eduction and culture. Some observers say that post could prove to be important as Mladenov seeks to garner support from intellectuals in carrying out reforms...
...Haven is a cultural center, as well. The Yale Whiffenpoofs prove to all of us who sing in the shower that even if we have no talent, we can pretend to achieve musical greatness. The Yale School of Drama has given the American entertainment industry such enduring idols as "Fonzie" from "Happy Days...