We have proved so able to solve technological problems that to contend we cannot realize a universal goal in the immediate future is to be extremely shortsighted, if nothing else.

It is, however, a disarming disguise, or perhaps a shield, for not only has Mercer proved himself to be one of the few great lyricists over the years, but also one who can function remarkably under pressure.

In the conduct of these and many other campaigns, the Hetman proved to be a much abler journalist than his critics allowed.

After scouring around a bit in the open area, I came across what proved to be tar-soaked logs which crackled and burned brightly, giving off vast rolls of smoke into the ashen sky.

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.

for if this can be proved we shall surely be the gainers -- I mean, if there is a use in poetry as well as a delight ''.

Because of these involvements in the matter at stake, Boniface lacked the impartiality that is supposed to be an essential qualification for the position of arbiter, and in retrospect that would seem to be sufficient reason why the English embassies to the Curia proved so fruitless.

The same can be said of shaving yet the electric razor has proved useful to many men.

Sessions devoted to `` Ethics and Foreign Policy Trends '', `` Moral Principle and Political Judgment '', `` Christian Ethics in the Cold War '' and related subjects proved to be much livelier under this procedure than if Catholics were merely talking to themselves.

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.

This material proved to be unsatisfactory, since we could not obtain reproducible results on various portions of the sample.

No general installation should be made until a model installation has been proved and its maximum capability determined.

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.

The cook got drunk, and President Wheelock proved to be a man of broad talents by carving the ox himself.

In this tangle of conflicting claims, the patent-sharing scheme adopted by the A.L.A.M. at its founding proved to be the best device for avoiding or mitigating the burdens of incessant litigation.

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

The Hotel Westmore proved to be one of the older hotels in Pearson City, and definitely second-rate.

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 ) ''.

Yet this cannot be proved.

She said that proved she wasn't to be trusted with a fire in her room, and she could be burned to a crisp without anybody knowing it.

Although it could be used to mark rough surfaces such as leather, as Loud intended, it proved to be too coarse for letter writing and was not commercially viable.

However, it was ultimately unable to achieve a significant market share and proved commercially unviable for Be Inc.

Aeroponic techniques have proved to be commercially successful for propagation, seed germination, seed potato production, tomato production, leaf crops, and micro-greens.

While these series proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, several of their characters and the Fourth World mythos have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe.

The rank system introduced for judo in the 1880s proved commercially viable, and colored-belt systems were adopted in many martial arts degree mills ( also known as McDojos, which were parodied in Penn & Teller: Bullshit episode “ Martial Arts ”, June 2010 ).

The 1960s proved to be a fallow decade for Brando, and after 10 years in which he did not appear in a commercially successful movie, he won his second Academy Award for playing Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather ( 1972 ), a role critics consider among his greatest.

The Whigs appealed to voters in every socio-economic category but proved especially attractive to the professional and business classes: doctors, lawyers, merchants, ministers, bankers, storekeepers, factory owners, commercially oriented farmers and large-scale planters.

The method proved financially unworkable and was not deployed commercially.

Battle Cry ( 2000 ) and Memoir ' 44 ( 2004 ) proved that light wargames can still be commercially successful, as long as the rules are clear and accessible, and the components are high in quality.

The film proved a surprising success upon its release and became Eastwood's most commercially successful film at the time.

Although described by one critic as " the squarest music this side of Euclid ,", this strategy proved commercially successful and the show remained on the air for 31 years.

Intel's initial worries about their existing customer base leaving them proved unfounded, and the 8008 went on to be a commercially successful design.

" Following its release in 1960, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen proved to be a " resounding success ... both critically and commercially ", later being described as " a tour de force of the imagination, a novel that showed almost every writer who came afterwards what it was possible to achieve in novels ostensibly published for children.

This line-up proved to be the band's most commercially successful so far.

It proved to be his most successful album, reaching # 2 on the Billboard 200 and selling nearly 11 million copies worldwide and ultimately becoming one of the most commercially successful albums of the decade.

Thom Bell stopped working with the Stylistics in 1974, and the split proved commercially devastating to the group's success in the U. S. Just as with the Delfonics, the Stylistics were to some extent a vehicle for Bell's own creativity.

While the rocket belt failed to be commercially developed, the rocket technology proved invaluable in future Bell programs.

The album proved commercially unsuccessful although the album's single " Can't Change Me " was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards.

The early 1980s proved the group's most commercially successful period, with a string of popular albums in the bourgeoning New Wave style.

These diesel-powered trains featured a then-impressive top speed of 120 km / h as well as a high level of comfort, and they proved themselves DSB's most commercially successful initiative of the 1930s.

Twist of Shadows proved their most commercially successful album, selling more than 300, 000 copies worldwide.

The role, portrayed by Fay Wray in the original film, proved to be Watts ' most commercially successful film yet.

Atlanta-based OutKast proved one of the first commercially successful Hip-Hop groups from outside of New York or Los Angeles.

The Independent further noted that " This format of solo and duet performances from the first commercially successful husband-and-wife team in Indian popular music proved astonishingly successful.