Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Touch the problem of "aged and infirm judges who fail to ... retire or resign...
...direct relation between the Council and the Freshman Class is through a member of the Council who has charge of Freshman activities. This member will be appointed within a few weeks, and Freshmen are urged to consult him at any time. The problem of the Freshmen in adjusting themselves to the intellectual and social atmosphere of Harvard is a very pressing one. In past years the Council has made repeated efforts to insure that the Freshman have adequate advice on their problems when they enter the college. Thus far no completely satisfactory method has been worked out. The Council would...
...Detroit Tigers and it was generally considered that the Yankees had the American League pennant practically won. But they had just lost three straight games to the feeble Philadelphia Athletics, and the Senators had just stretched a winning streak to eight games. And there was also the problem of Yankee Pitcher Vernon ("Lefty") Gomez...
With all the science of 5,000 years of civilization at his command, a Connecticut geology professor last week was puzzled by a problem which intrigued ancient Ulysses. Ulysses watched the slim dark fishes dart from the Mediterranean, spread their big fins, and shoot through the air 25 to 30 m.p.h. for as long as 13 seconds, just as Magellan watched them, just as U. S. holiday voyagers on cruises to Havana and Caribbean ports watch them. But do they fly or glide...
...general, Author Crow's problem was one of learning (by U. S. advertising standards) to do business standing on his head-a position which produced a remarkable number of headaches. In explanation he cites the Chinese consumer's upsidedown wish to buy rather than be sold, his perverse refusal to switch brands once satisfied with the one he has got, resulting in an all-round sales resistance calculated to turn an occidental adman's hair grey. Example: Smarting under the British monopoly, a U. S. client gave the Crow agency a go-ahead on the biggest advertising...