Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...children, we might have been jealous of Kelly O'Grady. But as adults, our admiration for her is twinged, not with jealousy but with pity. Certain kinds of performances demand skills that do require training at the age of three. The problem is that the champion involved has little or no choice about whether he or she actually wants to become a champion...
...problem lies in the fact that adulthood requires making conscious decisions. Those of us who were thrown out on the ice at age two-those who, as the saying goes, were asked to jump and answered "How high?"-run a tremendous risk of finding ourselves, 20 years later, too old to be impressive and lacking the more important skill of being able to make our own decisions. Perhaps this explains the anxieties of so many seniors who, four years ago entered Harvard as the nation's most promising young adults and who now find themselves facing graduation while helplessly searching...
...problem of employment is especially acute for young black men. They get put on employment lists, and they sit on lists for year after year while young white men are getting hired," she said...
...Harvard has been very cooperative in trying to solve the problem and Mrs. Huber has been waiting for the last issue of the smoke to be resolved," he said...
Providence took the second game quickly and easily 15-7. The Friars were led by strong serves and aggressive play from Lee and freshman Sarah Katinger. Harvard was unable to return providence's serves. This problem plagued the Crimson the entire night...