Word: problem
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...when the government decided to spend $250,000 on caffeinated-gum research, I was thrilled. Instead of money wasted on defense (Hello? We haven't been invaded since 1812) or that unfinished FICA project I keep reading about on my pay stub, this would help someone with a real problem. Soon I too could awake groggy and cranky, pull out a couple of sticks of gum, read the paper and then deal with the wife and kids. As I saw it, caffeinated gum research could get me a wife and kids...
TRUE CONFESSIONS An astounding 40% of women and 30% of men suffer some kind of sexual problem, according to a study published last week. Lack of desire or arousal, inability to achieve orgasm and painful intercourse are among the troubles reported. These difficulties generally decline for women as they get older, but for men, they increase. "This certainly helps explain why Viagra was such a phenomenon," says lead author Edward Laumann, who was a paid consultant to the pill's manufacturer. In fact, only a small percentage of sufferers ever seek professional help...
...Republicans' problem is the lack of a coherent, unifying agenda. The G.O.P. was founded on a bedrock philosophy in 1854: maximum individual liberty supported by a protective but not paternalistic government. Policies that flowed from this philosophy--from abolition to antitotalitarianism to rational distribution of wealth--united the party and made America great. These were huge issues. But for the past half-decade we have unified around the smallest imaginable issue: Clinton. Yet it is Clinton who provides the G.O.P. with its best opportunity to regain its bearing. He has set up a classic confrontation by reopening...
...Corbetts submitted their plans to city officials--and got doused in cold water. "Everybody had a problem," recalls Judy. "The police department didn't like the dead-end cul-de-sacs. The fire department didn't like the narrow streets. The public-works department didn't like agriculture mixing with residential. And the planning department picked it apart endlessly...
They promised city officials that agricultural runoff wouldn't be a problem because they would use environmentally safe growing methods. And to those who objected to natural drainage, Corbett argued that cities had been built around that concept for centuries before modern techniques came in. As for financing, Corbett finally got help from a small local bank by not telling it about all the ecology business. The only major idea that had to be dropped was a plan to recycle sewage through underground pipes to nourish the orchards. The public health department refused to bend...