Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...appeal not only to the bitter young intellectual but to more or less sheltered middle-class persons as well. They were attracted, he said, "by the very vigor of the project." They felt "a great intellectual concern-an almost Christian concern-for the underprivileged, for economic crises, for the problem of war. They say: 'What shall I do?' At that crossroad the evil thing, Communism, lies in wait with a simple answer...
...only 2⅓ divisions in reserve in the U.S., was already curtailing its draft schedule. The problem was up to the JCS and the U.S. people. They now had Douglas MacArthur's word for it that, one way or another, the U.S. could not escape sharing the cost of Nationalist China's defeat...
...response to far-flung dismay over last month's unsettling food episode, the Student Council began a campaign to investigate the University's methods of preparing undergraduate fare. To popularize the drive, the Council decided to devote its annual open meeting to a discussion of the food problem. Dean Bender was invited to answer questions and present the administration's viewpoint, and the entire affair was broadcast over WHRV. On the surface, this open meeting was an excellent idea--but as it was actually handled, it virtually smothered any organized campaign to do a thorough probing job into the University...
United Airlines has a new solution to he baggage problem. United, expecting its student-patrons to be loaded down with suitcases, has arranged special cargo planes for Friday and Saturday...
...toughest problem is sloughing off exorbitant requests without damaging the reputation of Santa Claus. "You can't ever let yourself promise anything; you blame it on shortage of materials, of transportation delays. In a pinch you rely on a hearty guffaw to give you time to think...