Word: dawned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...single artistic achievement of this book is the subtle suggestion of war that runs through it. From the first poem, in which we come to the river-dock at day-break, to the last poem, in which we rise before dawn to take an early train away from the ancient city, there is the quiet echo of fighting that is more impressive for its quietness...
...long should a man sleep? The argument started at the dawn of creation and it is still debated. The ancients looked with scorn on the man who lay long abed, while Homer said, "It does not become a man of counsel to sleep the whole night." The University of Salerno in Roman days declared; "To sleep seven hours is enough for either a young man or an old one." In more modern times we have the famous dictum of Napoleon: four hours sleep for a man, five for a woman and six for a fool. Thomas Edison believes we shall...
...Evening Post, in an article written for the Daily Princetonian recently, discussed the attitude taken by Yale regarding the retaining of high-salaried coaches. The Yale Athletic Committee advocates dispensing with professional instructors and developing all athletic teams "without such artificial stimulants or eliminating intercollegiate athletics altogether, until the dawn of an era of reasonableness in such things...
...part of the general plan of the Bureau to publish the results of its study of trade practice in order to make available for business men and students in the Business School the conclusions dawn from them toward the best practice known. The Bureau endeavors to find the best and most efficient methods of doing business and to impart the results obtained to the business world. The stock keeping system evolved by the Bureau is considered suited to all retailers, big and small, and embodies the best known practice...
...payment of salaries to coaches of Yale athletics should cease, and unless Yale can from her own resources, graduate and undergraduate, develop her teams without such artificial stimulants, so that she can reasonably compete with her rivals, it would be best to eliminate intercollegiate athletics altogether until the dawn of an era of reasonableness in such things...