Word: wane
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scientific methods Bacon applied to nature. Hitherto history had been written in terms of the lives of great men, as a chronicle of unusual events, as a show directed by God. Vico believed that societies are shaped by their origins and environment, that like men they grow and wane...
...decline, fell under Spanish rule for 60 years until a revolution in 1640 restored her independence. Napoleon drove her ruler to Brazil in 1807 and in 1822 that country declared its independence. Her possessions plucked away by oncoming nations, she saw her great empire shrink and her prestige wane. Her last king, an indoor sport who gave up all for Actress Gaby Deslys, was deposed in 1910 and after a short revolution a republic was proclaimed. Between 1910 and 1926, 40 Governments and 18 revolutions followed in rapid succession. Then the Army took control, placed General (now President) Carmona...
Interest in the so-called "Liberal Arts" education at Harvard is on the wane, according to trends shown by Freshmen in their choice of a field of concentration...
...studies have run in cycles," he continued. "My interest is attracted to a subject; I become completely absorbed in it; and when my interest begins to wane I write a book on it telling all I've learned. Then I forget about...