And while problems in North Korea, Iran, Haiti, and other parts of the world will continue to loom, it's clear that, at least so far, Secretary Clinton has proven up to the task, or at least not the disaster some predicted.
Teddy Roosevelt took over at age 42, becoming our youngest president, and he's generally thought to have proved up to the job.
Verl had named Dakotah after his homesteading great-grandmother, born in the territory, married and widowed and married again only after she had proved up on her land and the deed was in her name and in her hand.
Here, the Court commented at length on how Alexander had proved up his Civil RICO claim, including how the defendants had used multiple entities, had transactions crossing state lines, and had used the U.S. mail and telephone communications to defraud Alexander -- all elements of a Civil RICO claim.
Many innovations in technology have proven up to be quite useful in creating better futures.
He subsequently crashed out of the race, leaving the task to his fellow contenders, none of whom have proven up to the task of causing Romney any pain.
A crane deployed to lift the stricken vessel out of the river has proved not up to the task, and frantic efforts are now underway to use boats to tow it from the bottom.
(Tommasini) 'Siegfried' (Monday) Jay Hunter Morris has proved he is up to the challenge of singing the daunting title role in Wagner's opera.
He has proved more than up to the challenge, going 8-5 with a 2.79 earned run average in 16 starts with 79 strikeouts and just 25 walks.
"[Pocock] has proved he is up with the best in the world in this tournament".
