Word: berthed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there a rational physiological explanation for having a Pullman passenger's head in the direction of motion either for sleep or when awake? Most persons in riding on a train prefer to sit facing forward. But in sleeping in a berth the head is by choice placed toward the front of the train. In ambulances it is also routine for the head of the patient to be at the front of the conveyance. This brings to mind the practice of Charles Dickens and other Victorian notables of carrying a compass and having the hotel bed placed with the head...
...Hemastatics may justify head forward position, since with the head forward the fluid inertia of the blood would cause it to accumulate in the splanchnic (abdominal) pool and thus render the brain relatively anemic. This would increase drowsiness and assist in going to sleep in the noisy and vibrating berth, but would not necessarily make the sleep one whit more refreshing, in fact, possibly the exact opposite...
Princeton, N. J., April 19--Behind two-hit pitching by Bill Lincoln, the Harvard Varsity nine took Princeton into camp 2-0 here this afternoon, to gain a stronger hold on the upper berth of the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League...
Seventeen men will make the trip, but Coach Mitchell emphasized the fact that he had as yet made no decision as to the final Varsity squad for the season. With the exception of a few veterans from last year, no one has yet definitely secured a berth on the team, and the Crimson baseball mentor stated that until further notice, all positions were still open...
...which the French usually have to take a new and unpleasant responsibility, old stand-bys like stew are eventually discovered. Only initiates, through long association, remember that Milanaise, Fricandeau, etc., are inevitably connected with certain dishes. One sage diner successfully adopted the simple plan of steering a proportionally wider berth, the longer the French name...