Word: proving
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Straus' study, first presented at a conference in 1994 and now appearing in formal publication with a more careful analysis of the data, is highly controversial. It may prove something, say critics, but not what Straus thinks it does...
...have just unveiled a life-size likeness of the trumpeter. Every year Marsalis and jazzophiles the world over converge on this hamlet in southwestern France, inflating its 1,200 population to 125,000 for a festival in August. Marsalis explains the appeal: "The people are soulful and humble." To prove his affection, he's composed the 90-minute Marciac Suite. Mayor Jean-Louis Guilhaumon certainly proved his. Artist Daphne du Barry's $80,000 tribute now occupies pride of place in front of a former Augustine cloister...
...more cosmic question loomed as the two sides broke off talks last weekend. Did the Teamster strike presage a new militancy by unions or would it prove to be just one more indication of how limited their clout is? With fears of downsizing and layoffs still rampant, unions staged only 37 walkouts involving 1,000 or more workers last year, in contrast to 231 major strikes in 1976. "If the Teamsters can't deliver [a winning settlement] on this one," says Charles Craver, a labor expert at the George Washington University law school, "organized labor is in big trouble...
...question whether I made the right decision in getting involved," he says. "But I believe life is an intelligent thing--that things aren't random." In other words, there's a reason why his path has crossed Apple's again. A chance to pay penance? Or perhaps to prove he has grown...
...mistakes have been made, who's to say that we can't learn from them without resorting to blunt reversals of policy and nasty ideological purges? Looked at from ground level, away from the clamor of dueling research studies and butting talking heads, the idea that divorce could prove a friend to marriage has the unlikely ring of truth...