You see her across the room.  Ah, so attractive.  But nobody to 
introduce her to you.  "Ah, I'll do a James Bond on her," you 
think.  Now what was Bond's first words to Pussy Galore?  "I 
must be dreaming."  No, that won't work.  How about singing 
"Underneath the Mango Tree" to her as Bond did to Honey Rider 
in "Dr. No".  Ah?  No!
 
Well, what's left?  You'll just have to go up and talk to her, 
if it's a situation where you won't see her again.  But it's 
always safe to assume that she has a boyfriend that can squeeze 
the stuffings out of a gold ball.  That aside, take a chance 
and make polite conversation.  What's the worst that can happen. 
She says, "I'm sorry, I'm not available."  and you save the 
time and money of a date with her.  Like George Burns says, 
"When a beautiful woman says "no" to me, it's a relief.

If you know that you will see her again, like at your university, 
your job, or working at a restaurant, you can have another shot 
at her and use the shy man's approach to getting a date. 

"You farm boys don't make a  pitch, you just shy your way into 
position,"  Ann Margaret says to Pat Boone in "State Fair".

Okay, here it is.  Instead of asking her to dinner or out on a 
date which has romance intended, get some tickets to a concert 
or event first, and then with tickets in hand say, "I just 
happened to have tickets to this event.  If you'd like to go 
with me, I'd be happy to take you."  This way the subject is 
the event.  Talk about the person singing at the concert, 
instead of if the two of you could hit it off or not.  She can 
easily say yes or no, or ask more questions about you or the 
time and place of the event.  She doesn't have the pressure of 
turning you down, so she can just turn the event down and that 
will be that.  And if by chance she can't make that date, but 
is interested in you, she can start talking about going out 
another time.

I've strongly suggested this "ticket" technique to both men and 
women who are infatuated with someone at work, or at shop, or 
restaurant, and have no idea how to make an approach.  If the 
person is available, they usually say yes to an invitation.  
After all, it's just going to an event.  It's not really a 
date. 

I used this "ticket" technique in college to ask out a beautiful 
stranger.  I was very shy, but was "in love" from a distance so 
I had to take some kind of scary attraction.  Her name was Cindy 
and I often saw her in the student lounge surrounded by guys.  
It took weeks of watching her before I could catch her walking 
alone, and ask her if she'd like to go see the reserved seat 
Cinerama showing of "Grand Prix".  She said, "Well, I don't 
know you, but if you come and talk to me sometimes and I get 
to know you, then maybe."

So in the next days I made an attempts at getting in a few words 
with her as she talked with her friends.  Then I found out she 
was taking the film appreciation class that I had taken a 
semester earlier.  So I pushed the teacher to show my new 16mm 
action film  in the class that she was in.  He fiqured I had a 
secret motive because he said he'd show it in the morning class, 
but I said it had to be shown in the afternoon class (the one 
Cindy was in).  Finally, he agreed.  

I not only directed the film, but had a part in it where I used 
my newly learned karate and hoped she would be impressed.  The 
film went over great with the class cheering and applauding.  
As she was leaving the class I said to her, "Well, do you know 
me well enough now?"  She said, "To go out with you?  I replied, 
"Yes."  She smilled and nodded her head yes.
 
So don't "ask her out".  Don't "take her to dinner". Get some 
tickets, and maybe she'll answer you like Cameron Diaz does in 
"Charlie's Angels".  "Tickets?  I love tickets!"