Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After dropping the doubles point--a point that would prove costly--by a tight margin, Harvard was in position to earn three victories in three of the six singles matches when play was stopped due to Georgia earning its fourth and match-clinching point. Two of the Bulldog's victories, though, came about as a result of what has been the Crimson's primary nemesis throughout the season--injuries...
...When asked if she has difficulty studying at home Mrs. Cheever replied that she spent most of her time at the library because at home two small problems can prove disconcerting," the article reads. "She remarked that it was unfortunate she isn't a government major for then she could take advantage of a little private instruction with breakfast and dinner...
...acknowledges that the treaties do have the unfortunate weakness of declaring, "Do as I say, not as I did." In fact, the U.S. has not even ratified the test-ban treaty, and Republican members of Congress vowed last week to block the treaty permanently, arguing that India's tests prove the ban is an unverifiable "sham...
...antitrust chief also had plenty of incentive to cut a deal. With merger mania rampant in industries from banking to telecommunications, Klein had ample opportunity to prove his trust-busting mettle without taking on Microsoft in a long and costly battle that many legal scholars suspect he will have a tough time winning. Faced with the uneasy prospect of trying to prove consumer harm by a company that has helped make PCs better and cheaper, Klein must have held out at least faint hopes that Gates would renounce enough of his most egregious practices to let them both declare victory...
...push to net-connect every school is an educational disaster in the making. Our schools are in crisis. Statistics prove what I see every day as a parent and a college educator. My wife and I have a constant struggle to get our young boys to master the basic skills they need and our schools hate to teach. As a college teacher, I see the sorry outcome: students who can't write worth a damn, who lack basic math and language skills. Our schools are scared to tell students to sit down and shut up and learn; drill it, memorize...