Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Well, you should know," answered the skipper of the Shawnee. The boat turned on her searchlight and signalled the Coast Guard cutter Gresham to approach. The Shawnee plowed on, pumping out the water that the waves poured in through the shell holes. For a whole day Coast Guard vessels dogged her course...
...once seemed; some time in a studio may reveal that his talent is not so great as he fancied. In that case, he can always return to college. But, until he has cleared the way for himself, and convinced himself that he belongs in college he will never approach his college work with that singleness of purpose which brings success and satisfaction...
...worst more artificial than sophisticated, at its best moving to a degree, especially if the reader can read vicariously, Chéri is a novel of pre-War Paris with naturalistic approach. Its value is enhanced by ten illustrations by Herman Post, lately of Simplizissimus (Munich political-satirical weekly). In France the novel, not new, is in its 95th edition, a total respectable even in France where "editions" are smaller than...
...Significance. Author Leonard's approach to Steinmetz, though factual, is tinged with hysterical admiration, the breathlessness of the new esthetic Science. It is sharply "written down" to the reader's level, contains much carping over the Steinmetz Socialism. Subject, not treatment, makes this biography outstanding...
...That's not honest. Why didn't you approach me with the microphone in plain sight...