Word: problem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...arms race with Russia, any serious gap in decision making can result one to five years later in a serious U.S. defense gap. This "decision lead-time" problem came sharply into focus last week when the Pentagon faced a serious, unexpected gap in top decision makers. The sudden death of Deputy Defense Secretary Donald Quarles (TIME, May 18) robbed the Pentagon of its key keeper of important policy detail just at a time when...
BRITAIN : There was no such agreement. If a Big Four minister objected to the Germans speaking, the session would be adjourned and the problem threshed...
Perverse Plutonium. Another problem fuel is plutonium, which may some day become the principal source of nuclear fission energy. Last week the Argonne National Laboratory dedicated its new $4,000,000 Fuel Fabrication Facility, whose principal job is to make fractious plutonium behave...
...stern measures-and quickly. The board warmly received one P.T.A. suggestion that all married students be banned from extracurricular activities next year. A second P.T.A. idea-consigning married students to separate schools-seemed a bit startling at first gulp. Mused one board member: "We already have a racial segregation problem here. Are we about to face a marriage segregation problem...
Constituents inevitably look for spectacular rather than routine results: extension of Lamont's hours leaves them cold--they want extension of parietal hours; "establishing good relations" with the dining hall administration may be valuable, but students want better food. The problem is that students simply do not understand the Council's role...