Word: founds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...assure to every man a completely satisfactory training. The departure of these regular army officers must bring home to every mind the fact that there is a singular shortage of such men in the United States. And with this the corollary that an enormous number must soon be found or made, if our country is to put her utmost into this war, and we earnestly believe she is. Where are our officers coming from? Secretary Baker who surely ought to be in a place to know answers this query plainly in his letter to President Lowell. They are coming from...
...diet of man has been the subject for many dissertations, more or less profound, from that early day when the delectable Eve bit into the delectable apple, and found it good. It is a rule established in civilized countries that horses eat oats, men eat bread, and the barnyard fowl eat anything they can get. However, this rule does not hold in the less highly cultured parts of Africa, where, it is rumored, polite society is fond of serpent and other things, nicely browned...
Paris in 1870 found that lots of things it had thought rather nasty could become quite edible. And according to rumors floating through the key-hole of Germany's barred door, the standards of what go to make a square meal have become much rounded in that nation of full living...
...Rushing to the pond, whence the cries came, they were told that the youth, Herbert Faulkner, by name, of 11 Ashmont Park, Melrose, had' just disappeared for the third time. They dived in immediately but could find no trace of the missing boy, until at the third attempt Mural found his body and brought him to the surface from where Perkins assisted him ashore...
...have taken Astronomy 2a have found the course particularly valuable in fitting them for officer ratings in the Naval Reserve. Those who take the course, and later supplement their knowledge by practical experience at sea for a year or so will probably be fitted for an officership on one of the ships of the new merchant marine...