Word: problem
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...course, as TIME science writer Fred Golden points out, hurricanes pounded the U.S. long before global warming was a catchphrase. A group of storms in the early part of the century ? long before pollution was considered a major problem ? resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and billions of dollars in property. The infamous 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, and killed more than 8,000 people is still considered one of the deadliest storms in history, while the 1935 hurricane that ripped across the Florida Keys, killing more than 400, is the most powerful to have made landfall...
...admit it, but the spending caps are going to have to be raised if Congress is ever going to do its books without all the tricks." After all, even a phantom month has to be paid for eventually; putting off the hurt only magnifies the problem for next time. But without those spending caps intact, the surplus is a shadow of its former self ? and that means no tax cut for the GOP, no prescription-drug plan or new teachers for Clinton. No election-year goodies. No wonder they want to delay the tough decisions until...
SAMPLE ACADEMIC FARE: Problem Solving for Pet Sitters ("How to handle break-ins, workmen, house keys and weather disasters"); Profiles in Pet-Sitting Success; Dental Care for Dogs and Cats; Pet-i-Zens, a seminar on caring for elderly pets from Thom Somes, "the Pet Safety...
Giuliani took immediate political heat for the response and his predictably gruff defense of the N.Y.P.D. But the Busch shooting reflects a chronic problem, one that affects communities throughout the country. Increasingly, police action appears to be the only action that can be taken with EDPs. "Law-enforcement officers are serving as front-line mental-health workers," says Mary Zdanowicz, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center, based in Virginia. "But by the time the police intercede, it's usually too late...
...absorbed in their own distress will miss out on these significant developments. A good strategy with an older child is to help him take charge, says New Jersey psychologist Nancy Devlin. "Ask, 'What is it about school that bothers you?' Then ask, 'What can you do to solve this problem?' Parents rush in to solve problems that children can solve themselves...