Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...authors of the red parody is somewhat unusual. Its brilliant color made it sell like wild fire; red magazines were sticking out of everybody's pockets on Wednesday afternoon. But the attempted blow proved a boomerang. For every copy of the parody sold,--the figure is said to approach 1,500,--a copy of the real magazine was also sold. The satirists gave the true paper the best possible free advertising and undoubtedly doubled if not trebled the circulation of the first number...
...will also race against the Boston Athletic Association. Coach Ryder of the B. A. A. has not announced the make-up of his team, but it is understood that he has good material at his disposal. Each man will run four laps or 704 yards, which is the nearest approach to the regulation 780-yard distance that the large East Armory track will allow...
...meeting last December it was decided to approach Harvard in regard to the resumption of the annual regatta at New London. If the report of Harvard's acceptance of our proposal is true, we may expect that pre-war rowing relations will be resumed with our ancient rival...
When the Germans planned their invasion of France the physical geography determined their lines of approach. When actual fighting took place the physical features became of the greatest strategic importance. The east-facing escarpment in France formed natural defenses of Paris. In the effort of the German army to approach Verdun from the east fully 500,000 men were sacrificed in trying to capture the heights east of that city. The war became a "War of Positions". The topographic situation of each town was important. The position of the Chemin des Dames was important because of its elevation...
...field exercise was executed with more precision than any previous maneuver this year. Under Captains F. Parkman '19 and G. C. Barclay '19, the Regiment went through the exercise of approach and debouchement and then paraded under the command of Captain G. A. Brownell...