Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...true that a humanitarian spirit, once aroused, should be taken advantage of. No less important, however, is the fact that since contributions have already been collected once, it might be difficult to make another successful attempt so soon. In other words, the well may be nearly dry. And even if the well is half full, there may be hesitation about contributing for fear that a precedent will be set. Two large-scale appeals in the course of some weeks are rather frightening, though the Committee has wisely postponed its drive until the next semester. The exception of making appeals outside...
...demand by the University that the Radcliffe members be excluded before the loan will be put through means that quite possibly one of the most enthusiastic elements of the society and one will considerable financial importance will be removed. The remaining male proponents will be faced with a difficult task...
...Habsburgs, felt they were a repressed minority, agitated for local autonomy, civil rights, the secret ballot, constitutional reform. The Slovenes, 1,000,000 of them, clustered up near the old Austrian border, shrewdly bargained for political favors. Thrown in also were 500,000 potentially troublesome Germans, 440,000 difficult Magyars, tens of thousands of White Russian exiles. The majority of Serbs and Montenegrans (now pretty much merged) are Serb Orthodox communicants, but there are also about 1,500,000 Moslems among them. The Croats and Slovenes are largely Roman Catholics...
...back as the middle of the 19th Century, when Adolf Kussmaul in Germany persuaded a professional sword-swallower to gulp down a long, straight metal tube in the interests of science. But until Dr. Schindler invented the flexible gastroscope in 1932, gastroscopy was seldom practiced, for it was difficult, dangerous, painful...
Cambridge, with three nationally-known colleges inside its city limits, has a unique problem in regard to out-of-state cars. With so many students driving cars registered in other states, accidents, stolen cars, and the misuse of stored cars by garage attendants are very difficult to trace; names of the car owners, local addresses, and other necessary information are lacking at Police Headquarters. Furthermore Cambridge city statutes are quite stringent, and, should a student involved in an accident not report it within a reasonable time, he becomes liable for criminal action. If the necessary information was available at Central...