The state's rights position was formulated by Jefferson and Madison in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves, but in their later careers as heads of state the two proved themselves better Hamiltonians than Jeffersonians.

To my knowledge, Lincoln remains the only Head of State and Commander-in-Chief who, while fighting a fearful war whose issue was in doubt, proved man enough to say this publicly -- to give his foe the benefit of the fact that in all human truth there is some error, and in all our error, some truth.

and the question before these meetings was, here is a man of international reputation and proved earning power ; ;

Sherman proved that a railway base could be movable and the most brilliant feature of the Atlanta campaign was the rapid repair of the tracks.

The United States was engaged in a military attack on a peaceful, orderly people governed by a regime that had proved itself the most pro-Western and anti-Communist within any of the new nations -- the only place in Africa, moreover, where a productive relationship between whites and blacks had apparently been achieved.

The doctor was wearing a long New England greatcoat, hardly necessary in the June weather but a garment which proved well adapted to the sequestration of hens.

The conclusion upon this record is inescapable that such likelihood was proved as to this acquisition.

The north portion of the Essex bridge was well worth the cost of construction, although it proved to be twice what was estimated in the beginning.

The resulting magnetic effect proved stronger than when the discharge was made lengthwise.

Walton dropped everything to serve as a district co-ordinator in the hard-fought Wisconsin primary and proved so useful that he was promoted to be liaison officer to critically important New York City.

It might be, indeed it had already proved to be a marriage without love, but it was marriage.

Then Heywood Sullivan, Kansas City catcher, singled up the middle and Throneberry was across with what proved to be the winning run.

It was the first time we've been ahead this season ( when John Richey kicked what proved to be the winning field goal ) ''.

He was also pleased with the wide distribution because he thought it proved again his argument that Dallas investment men can do just as good a job as the big New York investment bankers claim only they can do.

Player immediately proved he was not in the least awed by the dramatic proximity of Palmer.

This proved conclusively that The Wrangler was a jinx, so he walked on down to Hurrays, an even more glorified gambling den than the Golden Calf.

Hopes that the 2005 Ashes series would be closely fought proved well-founded, as the series was more competitive than anyone had predicted and was still undecided as the closing session of the final Test began.

This rule proved inconvenient when a monastery was situated in a desert or at a distance from a city, and necessity compelled the ordination of some monks.

The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

Dirac tried to argue that this was due to the electromagnetic interactions with the sea, until Hermann Weyl proved that hole theory was completely symmetric between negative and positive charges.

On his arrival at Ephesus a three months ' truce was concluded with Tissaphernes, the satrap of Lydia and Caria, but negotiations conducted during that time proved fruitless, and on its termination Agesilaus raided Phrygia, where he easily won immense booty from the satrap Pharnabazus ; Tissaphernes could offer no assistance, as he had concentrated his troops in Caria.

However the rope available at the time proved too susceptible to wear and the system was abandoned in favour of steam locomotives after eight years.

This action, known as the Devastaciones de Osorio, proved disastrous ; more than half of the resettled colonists died of starvation or disease, over 100, 000 cattle were abandoned, and many slaves escaped.

This action, known as the Devastaciones de Osorio, proved disastrous ; more than half of the resettled colonists died of starvation or disease, over 100, 000 cattle were abandoned, and many slaves escaped.

As the U. S .- supplied Stinger surface-to-air missiles became available to them, the Afghans abandoned RPG attacks as the smart missiles proved especially efficient in the destruction of unarmed Soviet transport helicopters, such as Mi-17.

The concept was eventually largely abandoned because it proved to be impractical to maintain the necessary non-Maxwellian velocity distribution, for several reasons.

These defeats in the east and the west of the island proved decisive for the Turks and they abandoned their siege and departed.

In the years immediately following Menem's term, the combination of fixed-rate convertibility and high fiscal deficits proved unsustainable, despite massive loan support from the International Monetary Fund, and had to be abandoned in 2002, with disastrous effects on the Argentine economy.

In 1134 the Seljuq sultan Mas ' ud provided troops for John's attack on the Danishmend-held city of Kastamuni, however, the alliance proved unreliable as the Seljuq troops abandoned the expedition, decamping during the night.

Director George Stevens originally cast Montgomery Clift as Shane, William Holden as Joe Starrett ; when they both proved unavailable, the film was nearly abandoned.

Pastoral leases in the Kakadu area were progressively abandoned from 1889, because the Victoria River and the Barkly Tablelands proved to be better pastoral regions.

In the early 1880s, Roane Iron purchased a rolling mill in Chattanooga and experimented with steel production, but the Walden Ridge ore proved to be too low-quality for such a process, and the company abandoned its steel venture in 1889.

Because this site proved vulnerable to flooding it was eventually abandoned in favor of a new settlement on the north side.

It proved unsuccessful and was abandoned.

This town was abandoned when Augusta, Georgia proved to be more prosperous and attractive to traders.

In testing it proved incapable of flying more than a few feet off the ground and at speeds greater than about 45 km / h, and after a lengthy period of testing the program was abandoned in 1961.

This flight had the backing of State Senator Spencer Feld, but the response proved disappointing, and Feld abandoned the effort after six months.

Although they proved fairly popular, a long series of problems with the service led to it being abandoned the next year.

When attempts at returning to the drill sites and looking for rocks proved fruitless, Penfield abandoned his search, published his findings and returned to his Pemex work.

Libraries of nonsense have been written about them ... A woman who planned to write a book entitled Lies about the Rothschilds abandoned it, saying: ' It was relatively easy to spot the lies, but it proved impossible to find out the truth '".

However the Vulture proved so troublesome that years before the engine was abandoned by Rolls Royce in 1940, the Air Staff decided that the HP. 56 should be fitted with four engines instead.

This early incarnation of the National Programme proved controversial, however, and was abandoned in 1924.

The result was a war that proved disastrous for Antipas ; a Roman counter-offensive was ordered by Tiberius, but abandoned upon that emperor's death in 37 AD.

That year an even more ambitious Second Programme was introduced, however, it proved to be too ambitious and had to be abandoned.