Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jack-of-all-trades within the orbit of his particular calling, able to judge, if he cannot actually execute, work of an electrical, mechanical or artistic nature, and of very varied content, ranging from the most technical to the most theoretical. Only in projects, patterned after this approach to reality, could Dr. Dewey see relief from latter-day conflicts...
Professor Dewey felt that the question of legitimacy might be dismissed by recalling that the now traditional subjects had themselves to fight for recognition. It was the question of method or approach to the expounding of these subjects which seemed to him of importance. The project was the method which out of several alternatives, seemed to have most to recommend...
...sent for review, of which there are several hundred stacked on a table adjacent. An old red setter named Rufus (which color-blind Dr. Phelps says he sees march about as a green dog) guards the books, knows the patrons of this "lending library," barks at the approach of any unaccustomed person...
...With the approach of spring the plea for the opening of the chemical laboratories of evenings, in order to give the student of Chemistry free use of afternoons, has been resurrected from the past. The Chemistry Department has always negated the proposal, for the reason that it would entail an additional yearly expense of approximately $8,000. And further, when a census was taken some time ago to discover the exact number in favor of the proposed innovation, it was found that while many favored it in theory, few were willing to pledge themselves to a specific schedule...
...feeling rather shy and hesitant," she wrote, describing her approach to the Samuel Untermyer estate at Palm Springs, Calif., where she knew her quarry was a guest. Reporterwise, Mrs. Patterson noted the "Swedish maid," the "English girl secretary," the "German man secretary," and the "Italian-looking butler" who showed her up "a very steep and rocky, winding trail between the rocks...