Word: approach
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...funds and thus delaying Adenauer's plans for stepping up German participation in NATO. Inevitably there is talk that Erhard might be in line to succeed as Chancellor, but his lack of an organized following within the party argues against that now. Says Erhard: "I don't approach that question, but it may one day approach...
...second approach has been to transfer students instead of teachers. According to Jansen, 5,000 students, mostly non-whites, have been transferred to less crowded schools. But in over one-fourth of the cases, this entails traveling as much as two miles to class...
Portfolio distinguishes itself considerably by the direct, conscientious approach of all its selections, leaving attempts at ultra-modernity, super-sophistication and profound obscurity to other publications. John Von Rodenbeck's whimsical study of the victorious Nelson at Trafalgar, Anne Lord's charming sketch of Horses in a Field and Betsy Borden's Elm Tree in Spring demonstrate perhaps most lucidly this admirable use of poetic simplicity...
...choice of material, presenting a wide range of media and technique. Eric Martin combines a photographic process with his brush-and-ink self-portrait, symbolizing "the eye" as an artist conceives it. Willard Midgette and Earl Newman offer woodcuts whose heavy, determined forms bespeak another temperament and approach altogether...
...done too badly by their airports. Boston's Logan International Airport has the longest main runway (10,022 ft.) of any commercial field in the U.S., no tall buildings on the horizon, well-compacted runways that can withstand almost any amount of pounding. It has a new approach lighting system for safe, sure landings in bad weather, and a big, decentralized terminal that minimizes the passengers' ground time, which many experts say may be 25% of all air-travel time in the jet age. The Massachusetts legislature has also voted $18 million for new hangars and a freight...