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Daylight saving time was introduced in the United States in 1918 with the Standard Time Act, which was meant to lower fuel costs during the First World War.
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Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
In 1917, the Titles Deprivation Act was passed to deal with troublesome royal cousins who sided with Germany in the First World War.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
After more or less abandoning philosophy at the end of the First World War, Ludwig trained to be an elementary-school teacher, spent time as a gardener’s assistant in a monastery, and then taught in small towns in rural Austria.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Like many twentieth-century German companies, Efka’s financial success was perversely tied to the economic collapse after the First World War but also the rise of Nazism.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
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Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
In 1917, the Titles Deprivation Act was passed to deal with troublesome royal cousins who sided with Germany in the First World War.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
After more or less abandoning philosophy at the end of the First World War, Ludwig trained to be an elementary-school teacher, spent time as a gardener’s assistant in a monastery, and then taught in small towns in rural Austria.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Like many twentieth-century German companies, Efka’s financial success was perversely tied to the economic collapse after the First World War but also the rise of Nazism.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
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“First World War.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/First%20World%20War. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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