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.

The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.

At last, Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them.

The premature death of one of the Luftwaffes finest officers, one that left the Luftwaffe without a strategic air force during World War II, eventually proved fatal to the German war effort.

So long as everyone was using the same tactics these weaknesses were not immediately apparent, but with the advent of the Roman legion they proved fatal in every major engagement, the most famous being the Battle of Pydna, as the Romans were able to advance through gaps in the line and easily defeat the phalangites once in close.

The scandal proved fatal to Macdonald's government.

At the end of 68, Galba, to the general astonishment, selected him to command the army of Germania Inferior, and here Vitellius made himself popular with his subalterns and with the soldiers by outrageous prodigality and excessive good nature, which soon proved fatal to order and discipline.

He had made it a condition of his joining any administration that Newcastle should be excluded from it which proved fatal to the lengthened existence of his government.

However, many of the cures advocated by medieval medical practitioners proved fatal to the patients.

Sick console and game sales trumped the enticingly low royalty rate and proved a fatal flaw.

These laws meant that Sparta could not readily replace citizens lost in battle or otherwise and eventually proved near fatal to the continuance of the state as the number of citizens became greatly outnumbered by the non-citizens and, even more dangerously, the helots.

Keynes suffered a series of heart attacks, which ultimately proved fatal, beginning during negotiations for an Anglo-American loan in Savannah, Georgia, where he was trying to secure favourable terms for the United Kingdom from the United States, a process he described as " absolute hell.

Support for the American role in the Vietnam War proved fatal for Erhard's coalition.

This proved to be a fatal mistake, since it gave Tracy time to signal for help.

The death of Charles the Bold ( 1477 ) and the marriage of his daughter Mary to the archduke Maximilian of Austria proved fatal to the independence of the Low Countries by bringing them increasingly under the sway of the Habsburg dynasty.

This increased the number of fatalities, since physicians — who had no idea that they were dealing with the effects of mustard gas — prescribed treatment proper for those suffering from exposure and immersion, which proved fatal in many cases.

Fangio also developed pneumonia which almost proved fatal.

One such experiment aimed at determining the precise fatal dose of a poison of the alkaloid group ; according to the testimony of one doctor, four Russian POWs were administered the poison, and when it proved not to be fatal they were " strangled in the crematorium " and subsequently " dissected ".

Merenberg's sister, Sophia ( 1868 – 1927 ), likewise contracted a morganatic marriage in 1891, with Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, whose cousin, Emperor Nicholas II banished them to England, unwittingly saving the couple from the maelstrom of the Russian Revolution, which proved fatal to so many Romanovs.

A second shot to the head proved fatal to Winter.

A mistaken report by General Beauvoir De Lisle of the 29th Division proved to be fatal.

Valdivia resolved to avoid the road over the Andes, which had proved fatal to Almagro's army, and set out resolutely through the Atacama Desert.

As popular as Victor Emanuel was, several of his decisions proved fatal to the monarchy.

But the same causes which had proved fatal to the Spectateur prevented these later efforts from succeeding.

At last, Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them.