Word: proving
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...already looking ahead to the Final Four, and predicting that the semifinal schedule--which would place Harvard in the Thursday night game--could prove to be a big boost for the Crimson...
...this week's issue of Sports Illustrated reports that Rose might have gambled on baseball games in which he was involved. If the commissioner's office can prove that Rose did bet on baseball games, Rose might not be in baseball any longer...
When Carnation started selling its new "hypoallergenic" infant formula called Good Start H.A. last November, the Nestle subsidiary hailed the product as a "medical breakthrough." Because the formula is made from whey, Carnation believed it would prove ideal for colicky babies who cannot tolerate traditional milk-based solutions. Since then, six cases have been reported to the Food and Drug Administration of babies who developed allergic reactions to Good Start. One of these infants vomited constantly for more than an hour...
...coming guerrilla offensive seems likely to prove a pivotal test of the government's military strength. U.S. officials doubt that the F.M.L.N. can inflict a major defeat. But a senior State Department official adds, "However real or illusory the chances for peace, they are now gone. Now the only alternative for El Salvador is more war." That is the last thing battle-weary Salvadorans want...
...answer, deftly treated, is that both his parents had been, for a short period, party members. Therein lies the main source of tension throughout the book: grappling with his father's wish that he not reveal their secret. "You're going to prove McCarthy right, because all he was saying was that the system was loaded with Communists," says his father. "And he was right...