Word: adopting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that if you care to adopt this suggestion, I shall not (unlike greedy Julius Susskind) "want...
...under his ample white beard and bushy mustachios, for he had conspicuously brought himself to the notice of the Viennese, who are so hazy about their Chief Executive that many are alleged not to know his name. Still more gratifying was the news that Lower Austria (a province) may adopt the poem as its official anthem, not having had a song of its own since the fall of the monarchy...
...discovered that the only way to master, a subject is to have complete notes on it and continuously go back and review those notes, connecting the present work with what has gone before. if, in the Freshman year, courses had been so conducted as to force the student to adopt that very system, would it not be of great benefit to him? And, thereby learning more about the course than he would otherwise, he would probably have more interest...
...corrective suggestion would seem to obviate the fault. If there must be elementary survey courses, covering tremendous fields with the speed and inevitableness of an express train, then the journey should be conducted as intelligently as possible. To continue the figure, such courses would do well, to adopt Mr. Rich's plan in the cause of a better remembrance of the itinerary, breath taking and limited though it may be. The way stations are sometimes as worth while as the final destination...
...Uniform. The chief item of the Girl Scout leaders' agenda was to adopt a new uniform in place of mannish, "tin cannish" khaki. Seven ladies paraded the platform in costumes of green wool with suede belts. The leaders delightedly voted that they should all dress that way. For Girl Scouts themselves, a pleated, roll-collared, one-piece slipover of green cotton twill was adopted, with sport hats to match...