Word: problem
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...laws for similar purposes in the other British colonies and the United States were discussed at some length. Continuing, President Eliot pointed out the difference between Canada and the United States in the powers of their respective central governments, and said that in the solution of the labor problem, it would be difficult for America to follow Canada's lead, because the initiative could not be taken by the Federal government, and legislation must be framed and enacted by the several states...
Review of Reviews--"How Boston Solved the Gas Problem," by L. D. Brandeis...
...BOTANICAL CLUB. "The Problem of Genetics." Professor William Bateson, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, England. Nash Lecture Room, Botanical Museum...
...BOTANICAL CLUB. "The Problem of Genetics." Professor William Bateson, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, England. Nash Lecture Room, Botanical Museum...
...first fearful problems that we have to meet, said Bishop Ingram, is the great increase in the population of London, an increase which amounts to at least 100,000 every year. In addition, all our little country villages are being swallowed up year after year and others are growing every day. Another problem is the appalling overcrowding of London which we already have. The mortality is terrible, especially among children, of whom 52 out of every thousand die yearly, whereas the ordinary rate is not more than 18. At least half of these deaths are due to preventable diseases...