Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contrast between the two factions is in the different manner in which they approach the solution of this hardship. To attempt to solve it, as would Catholicism, by the application of a code of morals which ignores the curse of industrial conditions, can in the end only prove disastrous. Sincere professing Catholics are governed by an inflexible law. Since they accept it, they need have nothing to do with a human law which will satisfactorily meet the needs of those of other sects. There is nothing in the bills before the Massachusetts and Federal Legislatures that would make the giving...
...Young began with friendly words for veterans in distress: "They hold our promises to pay; they need money now. They, of all people, should not be left in want. We must approach the problem with a determination to do them not only justice but more...
...Observatory in Berlin, the small planet was given a masculine name because of its eccentric orbit. According to astronomical custom, only asteroids which move in an ordinary orbit are given feminine names. The cycle of Eros' motion with relation to Earth is 81 years. In 1975 it will approach even nearer than this year, will again be a handy though tiny target for rocketeers...
...works all night. He listens to a great lot of advice, disregards most of it. Sometimes his spasmodic working habits bewilder his subordinates. To ease their minds he has instructed a special studio watchman to keep a lookout for his car and swiftly warn the workers of its approach. Thus laggards will not lose their self-respect by having the boss catch them in a poker game...
While speculation is rife as to the ultimate efficacy of the new housing facilities at Harvard and Yale, their purpose could have a partial realization if similar relationships between teachers and students are fostered. The day may again return when academic Sundays approach the ideal established by their mauve decade counterparts...