Word: problem
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...conviction," he said, "that the South presents right now the nation's No. 1 economic problem-the nation's problem, not merely the South...
...Britain and France want to limit proposals to the handling of. refugees from Germany alone. The U. S. insists that the conference constitute a permanent body to handle not only the German problem but any other refugee question that may arise, from such potential refugee producers as Italy, Poland and Rumania...
...wheat problem, however, is only one of Premier Mussolini's many headaches. Italian gold reserves, drained by the Ethiopian campaign, have fallen to $212,000,000. Italy's adverse trade balance of $300,000,000 last year was the highest since 1930. This year's is still mounting. Exports have not fallen off materially, but the value of the lira has declined and as a consequence Italy has to pay more for the raw materials, such as coal, oil, which she cannot get at home. On the surface, her industry is prosperous. Heavy industry is making high...
Until Thomas Alva Edison tackled the problem of multiple telegraph messages, the most that could be sent over one wire at a time was two. Edison increased the number to four. Later, Western Union engineers developed the "Multiplex" system which enabled them to transmit four communications simultaneously in each direction. "Voice carrier" currents of different frequencies, in Multiplex groups of four, recently made possible 32 messages in each direction over a four-wire circuit. Last week, Western Union announced that an electrical tone generator borrowed from a musical instrument had tripled the figure...
Nearly all the students are union members, but the school does not try to sell unionism or Marxism, merely endeavors to help students see all sides of a problem and learn how to hunt facts. The method of learning is reading and discussion. The Bryn Mawr school teaches its students economics, politics, English, dancing, dramatics, music. The girls go on hikes, are fattened on well-balanced meals...