Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such a gradualist, spoon-fed approach to the number of Holocaust victims cannot enhance understanding of the human tragedy of the Holocaust. If the point is really to remember life, not numbers, why not remember all life? Eleven million will "click," just like six million, if it really stands for people, not Arabic numerals...
Although Walsh has never shied away from confrontation in his previous years on the council, during the present term he appears to have actively sought it out. While he has toned down his approach during the last two meetings, Walsh says the makeup of the current council has forced him to change his style slightly...
...filibustering, while annoying to those in the majority, can be an effective political tactic. Minority politicians in this country have often used the approach as a last-ditch effort to affect legislation...
...hurt him, perhaps because the President's all-hat- and-no-cattle (as Bush likes to call showy cowboys) approach to domestic problems mirrors voters' own mixed feelings about unfinished business. White House pollster Robert Teeter, who takes monthly soundings, points out that Americans want problems addressed but have little appetite for expensive big fixes. "They want him to be doing something," says Teeter, "but they don't want him to go overboard...
...Indian Airlines Airbus A320 had been in service for only seven weeks when it began the approach for its scheduled landing in Bangalore after a 90-minute flight from Bombay. Moments before it was to touch down, in perfect flying weather, something went wrong. Falling short of the runway by 4,000 ft., the plane crash-landed on a golf course. The toll: 90 dead and 55 injured. A sole passenger escaped unhurt...