Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Homer Martin (further explaining his presence) : "The 32-hour week is a problem for the entire industry....No one firm should be placed in an unfair position...
This posed a pretty problem for campaigning Democratic Governor Lehman. With Racket Buster Dewey, his Republican opponent, grinning down from an anticorruption platform, Mr. Lehman had to step fast. He also had to step delicately, because although he had twice before superseded troublesome Democrat Geoghan with special prosecutors, he refused to remove him from office at the request of a special grand jury two years ago. Last week, after hearing both Mr. Geoghan and Mr. Herlands present their cases, Governor Lehman announced that Mr. Geoghan would be superseded again, delayed naming a special prosecutor to investigate Mr. Geoghan and other...
Every year more student applications for positions are received than are filled. Every year more departmental applications for student employees are received than are filled. The obvious answer to this little problem in economics is the lack of funds, the obvious solution, the provision of more funds. Even now, although it seems to have been accepted as a permanent institution, the Plan lives a hand-to-mouth existence, receiving its yearly appropriation only as the gods of fortune smile upon it. Better by far would be definite provision for this important department--if possible, a fund, such as that supporting...
...question of registering unqualified residents of Cambridge, such as college men, is an "annually recurring problem," Sullivan said, "but it is considerably worse this year, probably because of Plan E and general political excitement...
...That Certain Age," which opened last night at the Memorial, presents one of the most vicious triangles ever screened, for to the utter confusion of Jackie Cooper, Miss Durbin bestows her love on Melvyn Douglas. The absorbing problem of how to cure a girl of her first "crush" is well handled by her parents(Irene Rich and John Haliday) and the urbane Mr. Douglas, but may not appeal to undergraduates as much as the accompanying football farce, "Mr. Doodle(Joe Penner) Kicks...