Word: develope
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believes that if men are able to grasp fundamentals in thorough fashion, it is an easy matter then to shake them together into definite line-ups. In other words, he intends to develop his material first and name his line-ups when he knows what that material amounts to. This is not a radical departure in coaching, but a twist new enough to cause the focussing of a certain amount of attention on his efforts next spring...
There has been much experiment with cinematic pedagogy. But lately the Eastman Kodak Co. investigated these experiments and found that they were being conducted most unscientifically, inefficiently. Accordingly, the Eastman Kodak Co. last week announced that it had arranged to develop a large series of films to be used in fourth, fifth and sixth grades of grammar schools, and in junior high schools, to supplement courses in geography, health and hygiene, civics, fine and practical arts, general science. The Kodak president, able, active George Eastman, has many times manifested keen interest in educational matters, chiefly through his gifts to Massachusetts...
...practical use. Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) had shown in 1844 that it could be used for telegraphy. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) applied it to telephony. Charles Francis Brush (1849-) invented the Brush electric arc light in 1878. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-) shortly was to develop a clanking generator and the incandescent lamp, and Elihu Thomson (1853-) his 500 and more industrial applications...
...Spanish army lends itself to "old men's revolutions" of this type. For decades Spanish artillery officers have been organized in juntas (literally, "committees"; actually, glorified military trade unions); and during the World War Spanish infantry and cavalry officers similarly organized themselves. The effect has been to develop loyalty to the junta at the expense of obedience to the state, to foster intrigue among the various generals who respectively head these military cliques...
That film-on-teeth suggestion that Lord & Thomas somehow conveyed to you is one example of so-called "reason why" copy. A "reason why" advanced for the makers of Dr. Forhan's toothpaste is that four out of five unfortunates develop a dread gum-disease through failure to use this preventive...