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advance toward

To move forward or maneuver toward a location or goal The army advanced toward the enemy capital. I crossed the street to avoid the strange man advancing toward me.

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It has been delightful to me to watch his advances towards intimacy, especially to observe his altered manner in consequence of my repressing by the cool dignity of my deportment his insolent approach to direct familiarity.

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Surveying more than 300-million-years of evolutionary development as it relates to the skin of homo sapiens, "Skin" addresses the critical role skin plays in human health (including processing sunlight for Vitamin D), the role of melanin in protecting us from the sun's rays, and the advances toward to the creation of artificial skin, gene therapies, reversing the aging process of skin, and other fascinating issues related to our skin.

Skin: A Natural History

The sergeant made advances toward Myles and ``committed an act that was sexual in nature,'' Goldstein said.

SETTLEMENT OK'D IN SEXUAL-CONDUCT CASE

Alex's sense of innocence changes in Grade 8 when she befriends the new girl Stacy, who tells everyone that their teacher, Simon, is making sexual advances toward Alex and herself.

Preteen and young teen protagonists

At sunrise, a large crowd advances toward wooden barricades erected to protect storefronts and bystanders.

Bullish steps: a brave traveler tackles el encierro--and lives to run another day. (Travel Talk)

For her, early efforts at moving assembly-line production in meatpacking and canning represent the only bona fide advances toward the rational factory in the first stages of American industrialization (in this respect, the author also ignores certain assembly-line aspects of gun manufacture in her discussion of the development of interchangeable parts production techniques).

The Rational Factory: Architecture, Technology, and Work in America's Age of Mass Production

But advances toward the goal of fusion-generated electricity are getting ever more expensive.

Divvying up a fusion-fund pie

On at least one occasion, Moses said, ``the defendant made inappropriate sexual advances toward the victim.

TEACHER TO FACE CHILD-MOLESTATION CHARGES

By combining our proprietary PHOLED technology with our novel organic vapor phase deposition technology, we hope to demonstrate meaningful advances toward these requisite performance targets, thereby opening up new opportunities for the commercial use of OLEDs by the lighting industry.

Universal Display Corporation Awarded SBIR Phase II Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for Novel White OLED Lighting Development

Romando said he acted in self-defense after Simes made sexual advances toward him.

TEEN SET TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON PALMDALE MAN GETS CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED AFTER ACQUITTAL

The Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes are awarded to those making significant advances toward that end," said Christine Peterson, Co-Founder and Vice President of Foresight Nanotech Institute.

Foresight Nanotech Institute Announces Feynman Prize Finalists; Top Nanotechnology Researchers to be Honored at nanoTX' 06

Romando had maintained that he acted in self-defense after Simes, 41, made sexual advances toward him.

TEEN ACQUITTED OF SIMES SLAYING

The drilling program is designed to explore new and previously discovered areas near the main bed and to ascertain the extent of the structure to help in directing the route of the decline as it advances toward lower levels of the mine.

Atlas Mining Company Starts Drilling Program at Dragon Mine

In the lawsuit, Jennings said she was encouraged to drink alcohol as an underage recruit and Keller said Dorrance twice made uninvited sexual advances toward her.

BRIEFLY : FLOJO TESTED CLEAN, IOC OFFICIAL INSISTS

The 66-year-old Oregon Republican was accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward women.