Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Unpopular as it would doubtless be, a general tax on the student body appears to be the only practical solution; it would amount to only two dollars per student if levied on graduate men as well as the undergraduate body. No less pressing than the most urgent cavity, the problem cries for solution. A toothache to students, it is a headache to the administration, and a tax seems to be the only powder likely to relieve the pain...
WASHINGTON--The problem of American recognition of the Spanish Insurgent government and the possibility of Congressional approval of an administration-opposed measure to give the people sole power to declare war were thrust into the forefront of foreign policy and national defense today...
...This problem, the committee feels, is common to all aspects of popular radio education and much can be done especially in the dramatic presentation of historical, scientific, and literary material through this approach...
Possible solutions that have been put forward to meet this recurring problem include the establishment of a "greater Boston" metropolitan unit, whereby Boston would share the expenses of servicing Harvard, the allocation of costs of servicing Massachusetts' many educational institutions among all the tax-payers of the Commonwealth; and the payment of Harvard to the city of a "service fee," similar to that now being paid by F. H. A. projects
...ending with 'And how' comes under the head of light verse, written by a minor poet." Or his suggestion for a digest to end digests, "which condensed a Hemingway novel to the single word 'Bang!' and reduced a long Scribner's article about the problem of the unruly child to the two words 'Hit him.' " The most polished baiter of TIMEstyle extant, he includes A Guide to the Pronunciation of Words in TIME...