Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...today is also the 23rd Great American Smokeout. Today, all across the nation, the American Cancer Society (ACS) is sponsoring events to encourage smokers to stop smoking, at least for 24 hours, and see how it makes them feel. "Prove to yourself if you can quit for one day, you can quit for a lifetime," say the advertisements. Through a variety of programs, from nicotine patches to counseling, the ACS and its partner within the federal government, a branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), are working to make today the first day of a better...
...only November and Lent is in March, I thought it might be best to head over to the actual bank of Bank Boston. Armed with my receipts and bank statements from the last year (one who fights the Man must always have the necessary documents in hand to prove she is correct), I plunked myself down in front of a balsa wood desk and explained to a trendily dressed associate why Bank Boston had made a mistake. After several sets of sieges where it looked like there could be a stalemate, I got my money back. I fought...
...Despite the injury, Menick is expected to play against Yale, and whether or not he can play up to his potential may prove the deciding factor in the game...
...Facing 4-and-10 from midfield with a minute left in the half, it looked as though Penn's day was done. But true to form, Harvard would once again prove that no matter what the odds, there always enough time on the clock to lose the game...
...groups. Twenty percent of the proposed new fee would give the council a reasonable increase over their current discretionary budget and a chance to impress in their ability to host events. If the discretionary funds of the council grow out of proportion to student-group funds, however, this will prove the worst nightmare of an ineffective and unrepresentative council legislating more money toward their own, oft-misguided efforts. Students and student groups, not council discretionary funds, should be the beneficiaries of any increase...