Word: problem
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...valid analogy," Raiffa said. "To deal with a problem, we have to teach about...
...therein lies the problem. George cannot reconcile the affection he feels for Jennie with his memory of his first wife Barbara; his desire for happiness clashes with the luxury of self-pity. The fact that his new wife does not condemn his compulsive comparison of spouses only provokes him to lash out at her. "You leave me so much room to be cruel in," he explains, contrite but unrepenitent. The couple becomes trapped in a vicious circle of guilt, anger, compassion, and fresh guilt...
...definition of the problem is always difficult, even for Bulkeley. "When I was writing the article," he said, "I had trouble seeing how far I'd go in defining lying: is non-disclosure, not volunteering information, lying? Is bluffing lying...
Discussing his course, Matthews said, "We give the student readings in ethics-as-a-discipline as well as a number of case studies which have ethical, moral, and social responsibility dimensions. The course will not give you answers, but it will sharpen the definition of the problem and one's thinking of the problem...
...serious than truancy or running away from home. The bureaucrats in Washington call such juveniles "status offenders"; one of the pet projects of the Department of Justice is to "de-institutionalize" these inmates. They've allocated all sorts of post-Proposition 13 taxpayer dollars to combat the status offender problem, but so far very little of it has made its way out of Washington...