Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dear Nancy: I have a serious problem facing me and I wonder if you can help me settle it. I am to be married next week, and my fiancee's mother insists that we take her younger daughter with us on our honeymoon...
...heaven-sent opportunity to replenish their regular salaries as members of the university staff. The chance to add to their wages and at the same time make them far more valuable in their connection with Harvard by means of this training would be a striking solution to a problem long in the minds of the corporation...
...details of a scheme of such proportions would naturally require care and much preparation. Although at first glance the difficulties in the way might appear numerous, the whole problem must be considered in the general light of this question--Will the result attained be worth the pains and effort spent in achieving the desired...
...Learning curves," showing the rapidity with which the mind grasps a problem, were proved to be practically the same for animals and humans. In one respect, however, there is a great difference. A hungry animal shows more alacrity and intelligence in going through a maze than a well-fed one. With humans, the difference is negligible...
...forces which are hastening the collapse of her precious social customs. The patriarchal family is beginning to disintegrate; students are demanding freedom from the customs of the past. To save the gold of China's art of living; and yet give her what enlightenment modernity offers is no mean problem...