Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the opening months of college, the newcomer is faced with the difficult task of orienting himself in a novel environment. With college curricula and compulsory athletics engaging the major part of his attention, he has little opportunity to meet the members of his class. His acquaintances are limited to the men coming from his own preparatory school and the small number whom he has met in his dormitory and classes. Suddenly confronted with a list of candidates for class officers, he is totally unqualified to make an intelligent choice and often votes blindly for the men whose exploits...
...responsible for the recent "improvements" in the tale, and we will be glad to cooperate with the editor whenever possible, but we wish to call attention to the difficulties created by unauthorized scientific articles of this nature. Harvard items are frequently copied by distant papers, and it is not difficult to create an entirely false impression of our scientific ethics. Harry Rowe Mimeo, Assistant Professor of Physics and Communication Engineering...
...disconsolate Republicans are concerned, their task is far more difficult than that of the Democrats, and their responsibility to the country fully as great. Confronted with a well-nigh hopeless minority in Congress, the Republican party has nevertheless a real opportunity for reorganization and renewed strength as the only articulate Opposition likely to be heard in America for some time to come. It is the only bulwark against the evils inherent in a bureaucracy so unprecedented as that now being formed in Washington. It must take a firm stand on the issues that confront the next Congress: inflation, the bonus...
...difficult to understand what Governor Moer hopes to gain by this sudden military offense. He cannot be doing it for the good of the state, which means that in all probability he is considering his own advancement. He may wish to consolidate his position, or he may seek some nebulous political advantages. No one can object to a Governor trying to stand on his own feet, but in doing so, he must not tread on the toes of others...
Critics charged Kingsford-Smith with trying to set up a "counter-attraction" to the main show. Replied he: "In this flight, more difficult than the England-to-Australia race, I will show that l am no squib...