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...this sense, the answer to the problem of history is the answer to the problem of evil. This is the philosophic crux of that act of creation which in the birth of civilizations Toynbee calls Challenge and Response...
...imbroglios of this sort the crux of the matter is size. To read the papers one gathers that the concert business is a giant industry, instead of what it really is: the very smallest part of the amusement world...
...crux of the matter is that the American woolen industry and any other American business is prosperous when business conditions at home are good--and then only. America must rid itself of its surplus production through foreign trade if it is to prosper. And America can export only if it accepts imports of approximate value as repayment. Through the medium of the reciprocal trade agreements, the gradual attainment of these conditions has been made possible. The best interests of the nation will be served if the trend continues toward and not away from tariff reductions...
Correlation of field observations with experimental laboratory reactions is the crux of the research problem according to Francis Birch, professor of Geology and director of the Geophysical Laboratory. He hopes that large scale field work will show whether laboratory determined pressure gradients continue evenly down to greater depths...
Through the din of debate, three facts emerged: 1) the M.R.P. had resolved to conciliate the Communists to the limit, in order to preserve M.R.P.-Socialist-Communist coalition government; 2) the crux of the debate was the question of presidential powers; 3) behind the question of presidential powers loomed the presence of General Charles de Gaulle...