Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Herrington, who was selected for the All-ECAC Rookie Team last season, should prove an able replacement, notching 23 points freshman year...
...think so. You'd have to prove it better than that...
...Sharpton has lied to avoid having to face the consequences of his race baiting. In 1988, Sharpton participated in a fraudulent rape and kidnapping charge with racial overtones (the victim was a young black woman, the accused were a group of white men) and claimed to have evidence to prove that an assistant district attorney, Steve Pagones, had participated in the alleged crime. When it became clear that the accusation was false, Sharpton dug in his heels. He said, "We stated openly that Steven Pagones, the assistant district attorney did it.... If we're lying...
Transplanting a homegrown sex business onto distant shores will doubtless prove risky. Gold hopes to avoid offending local sensibilities by going the franchise route. "It helps us to have someone who understands the local culture," she says. So far, Ann Summers' Dublin store is the only one that has drawn opposition. Downtown merchants--saying a sex shop, no matter how posh, doesn't belong on a main shopping avenue--tried to get it moved to a side street. But the opposing retailers could not find any legal reason to keep the shop off O'Connell Street, and the company turned...
...first target was CompUSA, which didn't focus on black customers, even though blacks spend about $750 million a year on computer products. In August the two began urging listeners to send in sales receipts to prove that blacks shopped at CompUSA. They sent five big boxes to CompUSA but got no reply. Then Joyner read on the air an insulting letter that had been faxed to the show on CompUSA stationery. It turned out to be a hoax, and he had to apologize. It looked like the campaign might fizzle...