Word: problem
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...threatened to veto others if they gouge spending too deeply. But, if a $3 trillion surplus is expected over the next 10 years, why would lawmakers be forced to gut programs like air-traffic control and food inspection and counterterrorism? Because two years ago, they promised they would. The problem is the famous 1997 Balanced Budget Act, which balanced the budget only because Congress and the President agreed to cut the total amount of discretionary spending in future years, without having to say exactly what would be cut. Congress, like Wimpy, will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today...
According to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-'73, Harvard has not had a problem attracting lower- and middle-income students as a result of these rating systems...
Montgomery says that divisive topics like affirmative action can create hostile workplaces for minority workers, and white recruiters might not even recognize the problem...
Second, Major faced what he called the "intractable" problem: his party was split in two by the thorny issue of a greater Europe...
...agreement will come the next time NATO troops confront armed Albanian irregulars. KFOR commander General Sir Michael Jackson has warned that anyone contravening the ban on weapons in the territory will be dealt with harshly. Reining in militant ethnic-Albanian nationalists is only half of NATO?s problem. Yugoslavia and Russia complain that NATO has failed to honor its agreement to allow a small number of Serb forces back into Kosovo to police borders and guard sensitive sites, and alliance commanders fear that Belgrade may have decided to take matters into its own hands: NATO reported a number of incidents...