Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...least one of the cases which the eleven protesting members cited. This, however, does not alter the fact that a protest requesting "strict observance of the merit system; in other words, on the basis of outside activities" does not contribute one constructive idea towards the solution of the problem. It is merely the expression of an admission standard already so often expressed it has become hackneyed...
...fact that the suggestions made by the protesting Freshmen are so manifestly shallow and hurriedly gotten-up leads one to the inevitable conclusion that the whole outburst has been prompted by a personal indignation rather than by a constructive desire to rectify a pressing problem...
...Valentina Pavlovna Wasson of New York City has two adopted children. Like most foster parents, she fretted about telling her children that they were adopted. She finally solved her problem by doing a picture book for them about a Man and His Wife who were "happily married for many years. Their one trouble was that they had no babies of their own." The care they take in selecting a baby and the care the orphanage takes in checking on the foster parents-even peeking under their beds for dust (see cut)-are all described so as to reassure the children...
Boss of Bat'a now is Thomas' half-brother Jan, a vigorous anti-Nazi who was wisely sojourning in Rumania when Germany grabbed Czecho-Slovakia, but has since returned to Zlin. His biggest current problem is the 25% countervailing duty imposed by the U. S. on German-made goods, which completely kills Czech shoe imports (3,250,000 pairs last year). The Belcamp plant is Bat'a's attempt to hold this fat U. S. market...
Once more, it is vicious because of the rich man, poor man problem. There is a premium on the long purse; and Mammon has his share in dictating grades. The financially less able scholar is given an unfair handicap in the contest with a wealthy competitor. Sentiment on this score is intense and vigorous...