Word: proof
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...Harvard administration that high academic standards and a winning football team are simply impossible of reconciliation. They need reflect but a moment to see that this is not a unique theory: the University of Chicago abandoned intercollegiate athletic competition some years back, and I see no tangible proof of greater academic strides since then. Obviously, I do not propose that it is possible to assemble eleven Barry Woods or Whizzer Whites. However, I seriously question whether Harvard's academic superiority over its fellow institutions is equal to its exhibited inferiority on the athletic field. And the administration certainly cannot have...
...addition, they must be able to read, write, and speak the language of the country in which they plan to study, as well as be able to produce proof of American citizenship. They must also have good academic records, good moral character and adaptability, and good health...
Tight Little Island. A 100-proof British comedy about a whisky famine on a Hebridean island and how the inhabitants relieved it (TIME...
Only 300 grams (about ⅔ Ib.) of silver iodide were used on that day, and Dr. Langmuir offered elaborate mathematical proof that this small amount brought down 320 billion gallons of rain, enough to fill all of New York City's reservoirs. He thinks that the iodide particles, drifting eastward, caused a long streak of rain through southern Colorado and Kansas. "It is very important," he concluded, "that regular tests on certain selected days of each week be carried out throughout the year using amounts of seeding agents just sufficient to obtain conclusive statistical data as to their effectiveness...
...expertly as his story. Valli's playing of a girl numbed with loyal, grieving love is just right. Gotten and Howard fill out every corner of their characterizations; and a supporting cast of excellent European actors with new faces keeps the stars on their toes. The ultimate proof of Reed's powers as a director: he has managed to get a temperate, first-rate performance out of Orson Welles...