Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...going to take the liberty to approach my subject from the negative side and will first tell you what scouting is not,"--Coach Knox began. "I appreciate that there may be exceptions, but the big eastern universities, I am sure, adhere strictly to the following fundamentals of good sportsmanship...
...justice and fair dealing in the employer-employee relation acceptable to both sides. These may form a sort of underwritten constitution of great practical influence upon the harmonious operation of the enterprise. The possibility of disputes and conflicts is greatly reduced when the parties, acting in good faith, gradually approach agreements in their beliefs as to what is right and what is wrong action...
...person can approach such a laborer in the right way, he will find that he is very much like the average person. In my experience, I have found that the hard luck story was the opening wedge. As soon as I told an ignorant worker that I had failed to make good as an insurance agent during the war and had been forced to try to earn a living with my hands, all his suspicions would disappear and he would immediately tell me a hard luck story either about himself or a friend, and would accept me as an equal...
...natural in those times to approach the commonwealth for aid, through the clergy. On two occasions, actual appropriations for enlarging the College were made by the government of the state, following bills introduced in the legislature; it is interesting to note that July 4 and May 30 were the respective dates of these two appropriation bills. The material relation between state and college has long ceased to exist, but its relations otherwise must and will continue to exist...
...fall of Wrangel's army, however, does not mark final victory for the Moscow government. What martial force has failed to accomplish, economic weakness may bring about. Russian manufacture has been destroyed, crops have been neglected, even the barest necessities of life are none too plentiful; and with the approach of winter, these problems are becoming ever more acute. The Moscow Government this winter faces trials more severe than the menace of an isolated attacking army. Famine, poverty, discontent--these will have to be met and remedied. The success or failure of Lenine depends now, not on armies...