Word: proven
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time has abruptly run out. The Arabs, who control nearly 60% of the world's proven deposits, are slowing down the flow. Through this strategy of squeeze, they hope to pressure the industrial nations into forcing Israel to make peace on terms favorable to the Arabs. Moreover, they are steadily intensifying their oil shakedown. Originally they planned to reduce production by at least 5% each month. Later they embargoed all oil shipments to the U.S. and The Netherlands, in punishment for their support of Israel. Last week, showing new unity and clout, ten Arab countries announced that production for November...
JOHN PRINE--John Prine has not proven to be the next Bob Dylan, and since his songs have less of the boy-hero element running through them, that's probably okay. He is a fine folk writer, and this should be a good concert. Jordan Hall is a good place to hear soft music...
...South, feel more comfortable playing for a black coach at a black school than they would if they went north or west. Most of the Tennessee State players come from poor families, and to them, football is a way out of poverty. Merritt's record and the proven interest of professional scouts are powerful incentives. Says Raymond Bryant, a tough linebacker: "Coach Merritt kept saying he couldn't afford any cars or lots of spending money for his players, but he would guarantee me one thing: at State I would be a winner...
...both Messing and Papagianis were bearable because they knew that they had huge egos and because they were very good athletes. I often thought about what it must be like for Kidder last year to have Messing hanging over his head. He was not proven, not even really tried in the net, and Messing had had a better team in front of him. Kidder must have been unbearably tempted to play goal as Messing had, to move easily in the crease and depend on sheer coordination to stop the ball. But there was absolutely no way Kidder could have been...
...ACSR supported disclosure of political contributions by three companies, Eastman Kodak, ITT, and Standard Oil, while the subcommittee voted Harvard's stock for disclosure by only Standard Oil, whose gifts, it said, were of proven significance. To ask other companies to disclose their gifts would be unfair, it said, since labor unions and other large institutions sometimes make secret contributions. There were other differences...