Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American universities it would be fairly complete at this point, for it has already dealt with all important phases of academic life as this is known in America. But in Germany those phases are almost overshadowed by another aspect of the situation--the political and psychological. No one can approach an understanding of the situation in Germany unless he realizes at the very outset that politics--politics of an intransigent and bitter variety of which the average American has no conception--intrudes itself dominatingly into every department of life, including even the exact sciences, and divides people into warring groups...
...arbitrary handling of the Riffians then she might go ahead with universal approval and aid to combat the Riffians. But France is not certain that her policy is justifiable. So she takes upon herself the solution of what she calls her "domestic problem." Also if France were to approach the League either voluntarily or at the instance of other nations, it would leave a precedent which would hurt the secure position of England in India: That clause in the League of Nations compact which rules out domestic questions from the jurisdiction of the League is the badge which protects...
...author draws a character not too unlike the maligned minister in "Rain" But he doesn't call him a Baptist. He might even be a Methodist or a--So you won't be able to laugh at his Baptistisms. Yet you might read the book anyway. It does not approach Forster's "Passage to India," but it is a very satisfying treatment of an unknown, if narrow, field...
Klemperer's reputation is as striking as his stature (nearly 7 ft.) and appearance. Artur Bodanzky, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Co., who knew him as a young man, declares, "He has never been known to approach a musical composition from a conventional or customary angle." Born in 1885 (the year Walter Damrosch first conducted the New York Symphony), he spent his early years in the operatic field. He was still in his early 20's when Gustav Mahler sought and secured his services as conductor in the German Opera House at Prague. Strasburg, Cologne and Berlin knew...
...despotism ever erected has permanently withstood the shifting gales of fortune. One wonders whether the present structures will be peacefully razed by their liberally minded builders or tumble sanguineously, undermined by armed rebellion. If Mussolini, de Rivera, and Pangalos approach in wisdom Plato's ideal rulers, they will retire gracefully when they have set their respective lands in order. Byron sings of Miltiades...