Word: problem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...also that TIME helps solve a real problem for teachers of government. . . . I think that you are to be congratulated on the speed with which you cover political happenings, and get the account to your readers...
...Facing the problem of Sunday worship, President Coolidge had to make a choice. He might go four miles to the Presbyterian Church at Nebagamon, where expectant elders were viewing new and expensive decorations. Or, he might attend the tiny Congregational Church at the Brule crossroads, painted cream-yellow an'd freshly trimmed at the staggering cost (for a congregation of 30) of $800. If he went to Brule, who should have the honor of preaching? Should gray-haired, blind John Taylor, a mere layman, be allowed to fill the pulpit as usual? Or should Brule call upon...
Agriculture. "The agricultural problem is national in scope and, as such, is recognized by the Republican Party which pledges its strength and energy to the solution of the same...
...problem in contempt which the Senate left behind was settled last week by a jury of eight men, four women. Col. Robert Wright Stewart, chairman of the Board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, was acquitted of contempt charges arising from his refusal to answer questions put to him by the Senate Committee on Public Lands...
...unfortunate vehicle for the Vitaphone; the lines were terrible, making the audience laugh in tense moments. The girl had a throaty voice. Only Lionel Barrymore sounded convincing. He is the Vitaphone's best bet at the present stage of development. Women's voices are the most annoying problem; they either take on a lisp, or else they sound husky...