Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that Riggs has nearly perfected the process, after 26 months of work on the problem at his home laboratory in Lakeville, Conn., he will next endeavor to make the discharge of the spark an action independent of the firing of the bullet which breaks the circuit...
...most impressive thing about the November number of the Advocate is the wide range of topics all the way from Harvard debating through the Boston Symphony Orchestra to the War at Shanghai, and even to the solution of the whole economic-political problem of our time. The editors may justly be proud of such a breadth of vision in comparison with the narrowness of college literary magazines; and the business board must be pleased by a bill of fare certain to appeal to a wide audience...
Harlow has relied upon this system because of his material. He has a good many ball toters of more than average ability, but none who can go places without lots of road-paving. His problem was one of producing a team of average talent but perfectly drilled being able to outsmart a team of "naturals". And so the Crimson eleven has rehearsed its plays until they are executed with Roxy precision, whether it be on an end sweep, linebuck, or pass. The only scores upon which they can safely rely are those hammered out behind smart play execution...
This whole problem has been carefully investigated and optimum conditions of plant operation determined, thereby making for greater economy...
...game of scrub football, a fight-talk, and a square meal are sufficient to make an unruly boy into a useful citizen is wide of the mark. Intelligent leadership by the Harvard man comes first. Example, psychology, religion are but a few approaches to consider in this extremely difficult problem. It is a challenge to the so-called "insulated" student...