1.   When Putiatin rapidly proved a dismal failure at the Ministry of Education, the tsar replaced him with the much more enlightened Aleksandr Golovnin.

2.   TWO men accused of killing a pensioner when a mugging went wrong had the charge found not proven at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday.

3.   And though he is anxious to prove himself at short, he also will work out at second.

4.   Also to be proved at trial is whether the patent ruled infringed Wednesday is valid and whether it is enforceable, Kaye said.

5.   Brissette said he would try to prove at trial that Demesi sent the stolen drugs to Africa.

6.   Brits defeated Bubka three times last year, but he still has to prove himself at a major competition.

7.   But as they proved Sunday at Orlando, the Lakers can make such ugliness disappear rather quickly.

8.   But Hingis, who has been doing limited weight training and speed work, would like to prove at this U.S. Open that the game is not overpowering her.

9.   But he has not proved it at the British Open.

10.   But Lehman has proved at previous opens that he is methodical and poised enough not to be fazed when birdies are hard to come by.