The effect would approximate Solor's opium dream in "La Bayadère".
If piled vertically, someone has estimated, this collection would approximate the 792-foot Woolworth Building.
Called Ice Hill, it would approximate road surfaces slicked with rain and snow.
But the real answer is that the height of the stack would approximate the distance to the sun.
Venus would approximate a Ping-Pong ball placed 375 yards (340 meters; slightly less than 2 blocks) from the Sun.
An entitlements and revenue-based deal, however, would approximate the Bowles-Simpson targets, and engender confidence in markets and businesses.
And with his voice, Jim would approximate a reasonable, 'Well, that's a very good note, but if we do that....'....
Mr. Slocombe said that the first payments to former Iraqi soldiers that they would be made on July 14 and would approximate those being made to civil servants.
If real F.B.I. agents were as inept as those in "Mission Park," their average on-the-job life span would approximate that of a very lucky mayfly.
Their health benefits would approximate their costs, and they would not begin to bite for several years, giving industry time to prepare.
In a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony, Mr. Brooks noted philosophically that the movement of students into and out of the dorm would approximate the stages of development in which young men bond, grow and move on.
