Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Freshmen who start to investigate the first year at Harvard tonight have an interesting but difficult problem ahead of them. While no one will deny that the year needs a number of constructive steps, the proposal of specific remedies is a vastly more difficult question...
...Continuations Committee feels that the CRIMSON is to be commended for its fairness and clear thinking as evinced both in Saturday's news article and editorial on the Anti-War Strike. I refer especially to the commentator's understanding of the magnitude of the peace problem, of the scarcity of effective means at our command, and of the need for positive action...
...condensed moisture from the breath rather than saliva which accumulates within the tubing of brass instruments. As for ascribing the difficulty of French horn playing to the necessity of passing ' breath "evenly through some 16 feet of tubing, a matter of sustaining tone, a more fundamental problem is that of even starting the designated tone owing to the multiplicity of overtones which may accidentally take precedence. Turning to the two woodwind musicians to whom you refer as "oboe players," actually only one ot them is playing the oboe. The other is playing the English horn, readily distinguished from...
...people were hogs the problem of relief would be as easy as dumping slops into a trough. But people are not hogs and hence relief is a very difficult, complex affair. What makes it even more so is the relatively small number of jobless who once made a living with their heads instead of their hands-white-collar folk who are too proud to repair streets, too sensitive to sit at home eating their hearts out on the dole. The relief administrator's problem is to find occupation for them which is socially useful, yet does not compete with...
...regular governorships open each year. And with Mr. Whitney out of the race the next president of the New York Stock Exchange will be the nominating committee's choice-Charles R. Gay. head of the oldest house on the Floor, Whitehouse & Co. On him will devolve the problem of reselling the stockmarket to the U. S. public, whose waning patronage sent the price of Exchange seats last week down to $65,000, lowest since...