Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...should be lighted only by those who have been in Russia for several years or by those who are able to penetrate the Russian psychology. Here the best interpreter is a Russian who in blood belongs to the great Slavonic race." He further declared that, for Americans, the best approach to a better understanding of the question is merely to picture the Bolshevik party in power in America, a solution, he said, which would be no less unpleasant here than it is in Russia...
...mushroom growth of university stadiums during the past decade football, at least, has assumed the outward appearance of a great entertainment staged for the amusement of the public and the financial benefit of the college. In substance the amateur spirit has resisted the most obvious encroachments, but any approach to the methods of professionalism calls for immediate rejection. The proposal for a league organization of baseball among the eastern colleges seems to be just such an approach. In the bitter and prolonged competition for the league championship that would undoubtedly result, the position and powers of the coach would receive...
...tank is no longer the dreaded back-breaking institution it used to be. With a 90 horse-power airplane motor to keep the water moving with its two propellers at a moderate rate, and with the continued use of the perforated oars, conditions of rowing indoors are made to approach as nearly as possible those outdoors in the river. Mirrors have been placed along the walls so that oarsmen may see their own errors. The refitting and the installing of the motor have been under the direction of Professor Warren...
...Dempsey-Firpo fights) laughed at the new promoters with indifferent scorn. He said they could not pos-sibly make money if they gave $500,000 to the fighters. He calculated that $600,000 would be the maximum receipts under most favorable circumstances, whereas expenses, including the $500,000 would approach, if not exceed, $1,000,000. Mr. Raymond is figuring on $2,000,000 receipts...
While refraining from the sentimental approach to this subject, one might nevertheless point out that a great deacon, and probably will be said on that account. However, a perfectly impersonal, business-like view is all that is really necessary to convince a fair-minded and solvent individual of the justice of the claim. The means adopted for paying the general obligation may in some cases be inconvenient or disliked, but the obligation remains: the method has been devised to suit the greatest number...