Word: problems
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chairman Hubert Work of the Republican National Committee paused in his inspection of old Paris churches last week long enough to reveal his solution of an ancient political problem. To run Republican campaigns "without resorting to empty promises or breaths of scandal" Dr. Work will remove his activities from Washington, population centre of politicians, and occupy rented offices in Denver (his home). From these he is prepared to start the Hoover second-term movement at once...
President Coolidge had little success with the problem. Last week President Hoover announced his solution of the boundary dispute. It provided: 1) Chile to retain Arica and its nitrate fields, Peru to take Tacna with its vineyards; 2) Chile to pay Peru six million dollars; to deliver all government buildings in Tacna to Peru without cost; 3) both nations to erect jointly a monument on the morro of Arica to commemorate the peaceful settlement of the dispute...
...Their problem was to make such an engine light enough for efficient flying...
When Charles Knox died (1895) the business had already been for some years under the direction of Colonel Knox* whose chief problem was competition with the rapidly rising Dunlap hat. Whether because Robert Dunlap, liberal, kindly, used frequently to suspend production in Dunlap shops while he bought beer for the men and ice cream for the women, or because of a secret process by which Hatter Dunlap succeeded in turning out the blackest derbies ever known, the Dunlap hat eventually outsold the Knox in Manhattan. For many a year small hat-makers held up their spring lines until they could...
Lunches for the students continue to be a problem because of the lack of proper eating-places in the vicinity of the school. Another attempt has been made to have luncheon served in the school and a woman trained in domestic science is developing this project under the direction of Dr. Fred W.Morse, Jr., who has charge of the hygiene of the students...