Word: rest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...opened the discussion for the negative; he said that he did not demand the increase of the navy as a means to reduce the surplus, nor because of rumors of war, but for purely economical reasons; that our commercial relations with the rest of the world demanded that our navy be largely increased. He quoted many authorities to show that the navy has never been in a worse condition, and claimed that by the testimony of the navy department, the navy is utterly inadequate to our needs. He dwelt particularly upon the necessity of a navy to lend dignity...
...reputation which the freshman crews of the past have seemed to deserve. To achieve this, every effort should be put forth. Whatever step is taken, if it is done wisely and with consideration, the captain may be assured of the support both of his class and of the rest of the University...
Seventeen of the games are to be played at home and the rest away from Cambridge. A large majority of them are, as usual, with amateur and college nines, although the recent restrictions in regard to play with professionals have been removed...
...writing, like the Egyptians and the Chinese. Each sign stood for an object or idea. By a development some of the signs came to stand for syllables. Beyond this the Babylonians refused to go, but the Persians, on adopting the script, rejected most of the signs and reduced the rest to an alphabet of about forty-six letters. The place and date of the origin of the script are unknown. The oldest recovered specimens are from about 4000 B. C., and come from Tello in Southern Babylonia. The essential feature of the script, after the period of picture writing...
...which was adopted with some slight alterations and additions. After the transaction of some other business, considerable time was given to the discussion of means to bring the Academy and the University nearer to each other. At the close of the business meeting, light refreshments were served and the rest of the evening passed in a social way by the members...