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Word: problem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Well, not quite. California wouldn't be California without someone like state senator Tom Hayden, the aging radical, pointing out that Silicon Valley zillionaires make in 15 minutes on the stock market what they pay their housekeepers in a year. The problem with Democrats moving to the center, says Hayden, is that the equity issue is off the radar screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gray Davis: The Most Fearless Governor in America | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...never said I would solve every problem that existed when I walked in the door," Davis responds, but his plan for have-nots is to figure out how to build better schools and keep the economy growing, and he says no two issues will get more of his attention in the coming months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gray Davis: The Most Fearless Governor in America | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...circuitous posturing and preening of public officials, who cannot give you the time of day without saying that time is a topic of great concern to them, as it is to all Americans, and that they have long devoted themselves to finding a solution for the chronic problem of time shortage. Governor Ventura just says it's 12 o'clock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Minnesota: Let Jesse Ventura Be Jesse... | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

Rita Hauser has neither white hair nor a neck tie. For the philanthropist and Harvard enthusiast, the preponderance of men in Harvard's fundraising push was a problem for the University...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hauser Draws Women To Fund Drive | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...example. We have all seen her, we have been asked for change by her, and most of us, at some point in time, have found the idea of an obese beggar amusing, if not counterintuitive. Maybe she is fat because she eats fast food. Maybe she has a glandular problem. Maybe there is some evil capitalist socioeconomic principle at work and we are all in danger. I don't care. Tell it to your gov section...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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