Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Various fast scout planes of high speed and unusual climbing ability have been said to approach a helicopter in their vertical climb but no one of these machines, no matter how powerful its engines, has been able to leave the ground at flying speed of less than 45 to 70 miles an hour. A large field is, of course, necessary for this type of plane, and in the aerial mail service for example an open expanse is often difficult to find...
...total of 212 points to its opponents' 10. Princeton, by a touchdown and field goal in the game two weeks ago, has been the only team to score of the Crimson. With the downfall of Colgate and Dartmouth last Saturday, Harvard became the only eastern eleven of importance to approach the completion of its season with a clean record...
Except for the contest with the Tigers the eleven has had no hard struggle, the nearest approach being in the Boston College and Brown games when the final scores stood at 17-0 and 7-0 respectively...
North Harvard street, Anderson Bridge, and most of Boylston street will be closed to the traffic of vehicles, as this is the main approach for pedestrians. This leaves as a main route for automobilists only the Soldiers Field parkway...
...brilliantly played game, the Pennsylvania soccer men blanked the University team 3-0 on Soldiers Field Saturday. The visitors took the offensive early in the game, and seldom did the play approach their goal...