Word: sharp
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...appeal not merely to army and navy officers anxious to keep abreast with the theory of their profession, but to the plain man of business who realizes that the isolation of this country has gone forever, that the clash of armies is merely the most violent incident of increasingly sharp trade competition, and that modern doctrines of the conduct of war repose largely on economic foundations...
...universities of India are now to be included among the great universities of the world. According to the latest report of H. Sharp, Esq., for the government of India, the growth in both the internal and external life of the colleges of this empire in the last two years has been phenomenal. In 1912 there were 28,196 students in the arts colleges; in 1913 the number increased to 32,049; at the close of 1914 it was 37,520. There are now 125 arts colleges in India, and in two years the students in government colleges alone have increased...
...Where Yale shone, wherein she has hope to make trouble for Harvard, is in her punting and drop-kicking, her down field ability and sharp tackling of her team; the close, unerring following of the ball and the splendid spirit of the players individually and as a whole. Her wing defense and defense off tackle must improve between now and next Saturday, probably will. Her forward-passing game is not dangerous, and she launches a driving attack from her Minnesota shift formation better qualified for midfield gains than for gains inside her opponent's thirty-five-yard line. Perhaps...
Professor Copeland will give a reading in the Common Room of Smith Halls Friday evening at 9 o'clock. The doors of the Common Room will be locked at 9.05 o'clock sharp. The reading will be selections from Kipling, Dickens, and other prominent English writers...
...foundation for it that we can, and the upshot of the argument here presented is comprised in the old adage that the true basis for culture is to know a little of everything and everything of something. While we may admit that this is the object to be sought, sharp differences of opinion exist, and will remain, in regard to the means of attaining it. One question thrusts itself prominently forward: every man who is to study a profession must, if he is serious, master that subject well; why, then, it may be asked, should he not devote his previous...