Word: approach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...element of democratic decency can be introduced into public life. The sovereign government is under obligation not to make capricious or arbitrary use of its power but to act with restraint and fairness and without a spirit of retaliation. But what if the power companies reject such an approach? . . . Public authorities should not give up any powers of compulsion until a reasonable process of solution has been worked out and well established. . . . But the utilities have a right to know what it is that is asked of them and what are the conditions under which peace might be established...
...drove a golf ball 50 yards farther than Bobby Jones. He could put an approach shot within ten feet of the pin from any distance up to 200 yards. He bet he could knock a ball three-quarters of a mile in five shots and won easily. He said he could beat Bing Crosby at golf using a shovel, a rake and a baseball...
After a cautious approach the hotfoot huskies of the Yard Police were relieved to find it was only a real body, and tossed it into a passing laundry truck. Having assured themselves that there was no more beer in the pump, they left...
...drawn numerous brief bursts of applause, had stirred his audience to no excitement. Then he came to the point which he wished to drive home: whether or not-all other opposition having been crushed-the Supreme Court was still to stand in the way of the New Deal. To approach it, he turned to the question of NRA: "Overproduction, underproduction and speculation are three evil sisters who distill the troubles of unsound inflation and disastrous deflation. . . . Sober second thought confirms most of us in the belief that the broad objectives of the National Recovery Act were sound. We know...
...room in which the subject was seated and then to apply a number of driving tests which have been worked out by DeSilva. These tests include brake reaction, depth perception, the ability to see dim objects at the side of a bright light, the ability to perceive the approach or recession of objects, and accuracy of steering...