Word: adoption
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...knowledge that there may be opportunity for publication gives a genuine stimulus to poetic efforts in the University; and the series in the hands of the public becomes both a specimen and a justification of student poetry. And there is little doubt that Time will see fit to adopt at least one or two of these neophytes...
...every country save. England and New Zealand the traffic goes on the wrong side of the road." This statement is a slight exaggeration, because Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island still "keep to the left", although New Brunswick and British Columbia have recently passed laws requiring that all vehicles adopt the right turn. But the English still prefer the old method of traffic regulation, even though they have to learn to drive all over again whenever they "visit the continent" or come to America...
...Woods concluded, "since it is strongly supported in the middle and far West. In one way only can the difficulty be solved, and that is by a through enforcement of the act as it now stands. We must use every possible agency to put the matte through, for to adopt any alternative course would be to admit to all criminals that the government cannot enforce its own laws...
...substantially that around which the fluctuations of the business cycle must play during the coming decade, we can contribute powerfully to financial stability throughout the world. And, finally, if we adhere consistently to this view, we can make it clear that little indulgence can be expected by debtors who adopt policies calculated increase inordinately the burden of debt inherited from the Great...
...duty of our legislators to nurture such struggling native enterprise, the very life of which is dependent upon favorable tariff. But professors and books alike all fail to relate what becomes of the little venturers if they thrive under government care. And the student is finally obliged to adopt the conclusion that. Topsy-like, they just grow...