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Word: approaches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Some young men approach the shops and listen. When they see the tej nicely presented in a row in decanters they say: 'Let us buy a piaster's worth and taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ABYSSINIA: Sons of So-and-Sos | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

...modern review, "The Third Little Show" is an obvious success. The matter of lavish sets and multitudinous choruses is left to the movies. The excellent humor of the individual scenes carries the show and with a small amount of necessary revision and rearrangement the result should approach the first rank...

Author: By H. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYCOER | 5/12/1931 | See Source »

...help him in his attempt to offer an effective answer to the question, with Professor Cabot of the Social Ethics department as Chairman of the committee. In attacking Prohibition from its sociologic aspects the committee hopes to find its effect upon the American civilization. This is a logical approach, for the amendment was passed primarily as a social benefit. From a layman's view it has not been successful as such, and it has brought in its wake a host of political and economic evils. It will lie within the province of the committee, to ascertain the real benefits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW COMMISSION | 5/12/1931 | See Source »

...each has contributed something, if only to reaffirm the complexity of the problem as it exists today. Some results can be expected from a group of sincere and thinking men, and some relief from the present situation can be hoped for. Their success lies largely with themselves. It they approach with a thesis, but if they begin with an unbiased desire for correction, they should contribute something of value...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW COMMISSION | 5/12/1931 | See Source »

...Come on in! They won't hurt you!" The woman, catching sight of the trembling child, persuaded her to approach the animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Come On In | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

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