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Word: approaching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Juan Hill, is a grey pile of masonry suggestive of an administration building and at the same time, with its terraced roofs for outdoor living, reminiscent of the communal dwellings that the Zuñi Indians used to build. No lawn and scant shrubbery relieve the austere approach. Within, all is spacious and gracious, the solidly furnished home of the family of a man of large affairs. Here lives Nominee Hoover. Hither he was returning last week to await formal notification of his high honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Home & Gown | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

...third. From time to time ring dances, bergamasks or reels, could be introduced permitting the aroused contestants to approach each other closely and making for further excitement. Additional arbitrary rules should be introduced to make it harder?perhaps every male dancer should carry a carnation in his buttonhole, absence of which would cause instant disqualification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

According to an announcement made yesterday by W. W. Daly '14, Secretary for Student Employment, there are still a number of permanent positions open despite the near approach of the end of the College year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERMANENT POSITIONS STILL OPEN TO SENIORS | 6/6/1928 | See Source »

When they heard the horrible clatter that came from the ground floor, the schoolgirls shivered in their beds. When it continued, like the uproar that might herald the approach of some terrible invasion, they left their beds and crept to the head of the stairs. Below them, they saw a Roman scene. A lady somewhat their senior, in a nightgown, indiscreet and hilarious, bade them come down to a feast which she had made ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Surprise | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

...expense incurred for every performance which unless multiplied too often is negligible. The main question is that of time. When we consider that the Glee Club has three rehearsals and an average of one concert a week throughout the year, it will be evident that as the final exams approach, the members should not be taxed too much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graceful Affirmative | 5/23/1928 | See Source »

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