Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Does TIME believe in ghosts? If not, I am curious to know why you assumed that the "little man" at the tenth International Congress of Philosophy "was probably the same little man who awoke . . . convinced that while under ether he had discovered the Final Solution to the central problem of existence" [TIME...
...fret overmuch at the "brekekekex koäx" of ecclesiastical discussion. What if the men who make religion their business do sound much like the men whose business is politics? They are both debating problems which have beset mankind for a long time. The U.N. diplomats are struggling with the problem of nationalism, which in our culture is only a few centuries old, and it may be solved in a few more centuries. The problems which beset religion are much older, and will be much longer in the solving...
...problem such as this was surely met many times during the war by the various commanding officers in every branch of the service, and the problem of Mr. Haines' general is, in itself, though compelling, not sufficient reason to make this a recommended play. The real merit of the script lies in the addition of several 'complications' to the basic plot, and ach of these, though rather contrived, is self-indicting. The main targets of Mr. Haines' ire are: politics in the Army, ineptitude in the higher echelons, lack of co-operation between Army and Navy, and the pressure...
Being in a big city has its advantages and disadvantages. At Columbia, the chief disadvantage is the commuter problem, and the split between resident and commuting students can be seen in the epithet "carpetbagger" which the former apply to the latter...
...Schlesinger the most serious problem now is the increasing pressure in Europe for rearmament with its concomitant diversion of recovery funds. "The only way out," he asserted, "will be by an iron-clad military commitment to the Marshal Plan countries and the immediate resumption of military lend-lease...