Word: problem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...House's naval problem last week was much more concrete. The Navy had asked for $417,000,000 to maintain its present men, ships, yards. The House Appropriations Committee pondered and recommended $352,000,000. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur complained that the Navy is not prepared for war, that many ships are inactive due to lack of repair funds...
Events strikingly revealed, last week, that Jugoslavia's 12,000,000 citizens are now quietly despotized by one man? their King. The nation was faced with a problem which most people would refer to their Parliament. But the King has abolished Parliament (TIME, Jan. 14). He has suspended the constitution. Therefore it was Alexander who decided of his sole volition, last week, that Jugoslavia should ratify the Kellogg-Briand peace pact renouncing war (TIME, July...
Since then, the authorities have been considering three possible solutions to the problem: 1. Filling in the open end with concrete, 2. Filling in the open end with movable steel stands, and 3. Filling in the open end with permanent steel stands...
Although plans have at last been adopted which call for the erection of permanent steel stands in place of the former wooden bleachers, the Stadium problem still remains unsolved. Only recently, Mr. Bingham explained the rapidly increasing demand for football tickets, which clearly indicated that the enclosed-Stadium as it now stands is no longer large enough; the time, he said, is almost at hand when each alumnus will be offered only one ticket for the Yale contest...
...view of the objections of the Corporation toward Mr. Bingham's suggestion, the construction of permanent steel stands at the open end of the Stadium is the most practical solution of the problem. The preservation of the straightaway track is insured by a tunnel under the stands. These seats are permanent inasmuch as they will remain intact as long as the Stadium itself is in a serviceable state of repair. At the end of that time, however, they may prove further usefulness by accommodating spectators at baseball games. But as long as they remain an integral part of the Stadium...