Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tempting Opportunity. John Foster Dulles, acting head of the U.S. delegation to the U.N., made a cogent point last week: "The problem of Germany cannot be satisfactorily solved except within the framework of some Western European unity. [The Germans] could safely be given a great peaceful opportunity as a small minority-say 20%-of Western Europe. But as one of several separate independent nations in Europe, the Germans, strategically located in the middle of Europe, have a tempting opportunity to maneuver their way back to a dominant position...
Politician Muñoz tells his jibaros that the island's troubles are a problem in multiplication. Since 1899, Puerto Rico's population (now 2,200,000) has more than doubled. At present rates, it will rise another 36% by 1965. The island's sugar-based economy gives it an increasingly unfavorable trade balance with the U.S. (last year's: $140 million). U.S. expenditures for relief and public works have made Puerto Rico a vast and continuing WPA project...
Pedro's Cow. In the more advanced villages, the Apostles had no great problem. In others, a week of education usually did the trick. Everyone was invited to a free movie, comic books were passed out to all children, telling the absorbing story of Pedro, Ambrosia, their little daughter and their cow. First the cow gave buckets of milk, and the little girl had dolls and shoes. Then the cow got aftosa: Pedro's daughter became sad, skinny and barefoot. Finally came vaccination and the happy ending...
Thus far, the new architectural doctrines have been used chiefly in factories and office buildings. Houses are still pretty oldfashioned, partly because people don't want their homes to "look funny." Also, houses present a more difficult problem. People do a wide variety of things in their houses, and each activity requires different conditions. The environment of the living room, where Junior is picking on Little Sister, may not be suitable to Dad, who is listening to the radio...
...second problem is a leave of absence to postpone final exams and miss part of the term...