Word: approach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Discovered only yesterday morning by Polish astronomer Kwlek of the Poznan Observatory, the strange object is believed to be an unusual asteroid or small planet similar to the Delporte object which last spring set the astronomical world agog with its close approach to earth...
...exams which are being given regularly every day now. These will continue until the middle of November or until the applications for this service have been pretty well exhausted. Last year during the whole College term a total of 2034 men were examined. This year's total will undoubtedly approach this figure after various teams, such as hockey, basketball, squash, baseball, etc., have been accounted...
That an overwhelming majority of U. S. daily newspapers outside the South are pro-Landon is undisputed. Nearest approach to an exact count was a survey by Betty Millard published in the New Masses last week. Having examined the "admitted or effective editorial attitude" of every U. S. newspaper, including the South's, with a circulation of 50,000 or over, she found that those for Landon had a combined circulation of 14,347,000, those for Roosevelt had 6,996,000, those neutral...
Soon as Dr. Lahey recognizes the approach of thyroid crisis in a patient he takes "combative measures not only toward control of hyperthyroidism by iodine, rest and sedatives, but also toward protection of the liver by the continuous intravenous injection of fluids and large amounts of glucose. The result is that our clinical experience has been much more gratifying. It has even been possible in many cases not only to extricate the patients from a thyroid crisis, but to operate upon them after a period of preparation of two to three weeks with a very reasonable mortality rate...
Even if it were true that 'overshooting' has made the birds so much more difficult to approach, then, so far from spoiling the sport, I contend that it enhances it, for, after all, it is difficulties overcome, far more than the actual bag brought home, that makes wildfowling what...