Word: problem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was another problem that might have even more bearing on international relationships: to anyone willing to accept obvious facts, the U.S.S.R. has far outstripped the U.S. in the reach for space. President Eisenhower has seemed remarkably unconcerned about the U.S. lag, but the fact remains that, as a man who has spent his entire career in meeting heavy responsibilities, it is his plain and pressing responsibility to see to it that the U.S. gets humping in its space programs...
...point of fact, Arthur Summerfield's antismut cause is a good one; the mailing of pornography, especially to school-age youngsters, has become a serious problem. But by seeing smut where none existed, Summerfield had once more become an unwitting promotion man for professional publicists. Sighed a Summerfield aide: "We are just the fall guys in a publicity campaign...
Says Moran: "The picture changed completely, from a routine effort at radio assistance to the possibility of a protracted search with little promise of success. For even if we did make contact, this young pilot would still have the problem of descending through the overcast without instruments...
...these programs for giving students a chance to learn during the summer fail to solve the real problem: until the summer session is compulsory, only a minority of students will attend, and a third of the year will still be wasted. A few students who want extra learning will not make up for the majority who are content to stay with the old schedule. Only a radical approach like the four-quarter program seems likely to break through the inertia and provide the efficiency, economy, and opportunity which the more conventional proposals seek to duplicate...
...present no major institution appears ready to adopt the four-quarter program. From secondary and prep schools to colleges, parents and students seem set against it; and where the pressure of admissions permits the institution to dictate terms, the problem of fixed income from endowment and of success based on an established formula seem insurmountable...