Word: approach
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...races are to be announced on the dance floor in sufficient time to enable all present to be in position to view the crews as they approach the finish line...
What the Parents' Exposition lacked was an adequate demonstration of methods actually practiced by conscientious modern mothers. The nearest approach to this was a Co-operative Consultation booth, where parents were urged by a sign to "Come in and talk it over." Individual problems were discussed and sound advice given. But, for conciseness, nothing at the exposition equalled the remark which one charming modern mother made as she was leaving the Grand Central Palace: "What do I do with my little boy? Practically nothing. I read to him and he reads to me. I play games with him. When...
...book about people in Peru, and a book of which first edition copies have sold at $50, was interviewed by a young reporter. He said: ". . . Collecting first editions is not a good habit to get into. It is a minor indication of an age that is losing the essential approach to books. ... I have never set foot in Peru...
Widespread comment and criticism have followed in the wake of the Harvard-Yale English contest held simultaneously in Cambridge and New Haven last Monday. Despite varying methods of approach and treatment practically all of the writers, who have touched on this subject have emphasized two cardinal points: that insofar as it is aimed toward the propagation of scholastic enthusiasm, the Harvard-Yale experiment is thoroughly to be commended, but that those who wish to see it in a rival, or even an analogy to athletic competitions are doomed to disappointment. In this column are reprinted extracts from the Nation...
Writer Saleski defines "Jew" and "Jewish" at the start. He uses them not in "their religious or national sense. The method of approach is purely a racial one. He has isolated all these musicians into this one volume for the simple reason that all of them have in their veins that fire to which the Jewish prophets gave utterance in the time of Jerusalem's glory. . . . He is not concerned with their religion, past or present, but solely with their racial roots, as in the case of the Damrosch family. . . ." He proceeds then with his catalog. Among others...