Word: problem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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SAWHILL: I prefer to call it not a crisis, but a problem, arising from our growing dependence for oil on a politically unstable part of the world. We have failed to curtail imports, and in the short term we are completely at the mercy of the Middle East oil suppliers...
SAFER: The problem is not a few cents more for gasoline. The higher cost of oil will drain an additional $35 billion a year from the world's purchasing power, and only about half of this will be recycled back in increased OPEC imports. Economic policy is virtually helpless confronting the simultaneous inflation and recessionary impact of this phenomenon...
SAWHILL: Conservation is the one initiative that the American people can accept, understand and do something about. Low prices for oil have sent the wrong signals to people. Higher prices will convince people that we have a problem...
From the day he entered first grade, blue-eyed Tommy Irwin was called a "behavior problem"-a disobedient pupil who did shoddy work. But after his third-grade teacher told the Irwins that their son had a "learning disability," they hired an educational psychologist who tested Tommy. The conclusion: Tommy was not too slow but too quick for the classroom routine. His IQ was a very elevated 169. "He was frustrated and bored to tears," observes his father, Attorney Ronald Irwin. Now the Irwins are suing Illinois' McHenry County School District for damages of $1 million, seeking a legal...
...There is a sense of place and program called Radcliffe and the problem is how to communicate." Horner said...