Word: proving
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...time when record numbers of American applicants are being denied a place at the College, arguments for increasing the proportion of international students will probably not prove to be quite popular. But given Harvard's outspoken support for diversity, the relatively low number of foreign students in the College should give us, and the admissions office, something to ponder...
...past. The second act enlarges on those themes, bringing the players into a new setting--the Cozy Nest, a gay bar opened by Chief Yang--and introduces a new character, Papa Fu (Carsey Yee), an elderly philanthropist with dubious motives. The revelations which Papa Fu will unfold to Hawk prove to be the symbolic heart of the play...
...surveillance videotapes, the two individuals have been disqualified from the race and their names will be removed from the results," said Guy Morse, the race director. The new winners? Anthony Cerminaro, 60, of Jermyn, Pa., and Susan Gustafson, 50, of Norwell, Ma. And they?ve got the blisters to prove...
...legal onslaught--and $600 million in annual legal fees--behind it. "These cases were a gun to their heads," says John Coale, lead counsel for a coalition representing 60 law firms suing tobacco companies, who has been participating in the talks. "Now the industry has to prove its good faith...
...have always wondered whether heaven exists [RELIGION, March 24]. The problem is, you cannot prove it until you get there. Wouldn't newsprint, time and effort be better spent on real problems in the real world affecting real people, instead of on sterile, metaphysical debates that could go on endlessly without reaching definitive conclusions? SAMEER NAGARAJAN Chindwara, India...