Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When TIME'S editors first decided to do the story, the problem, of course, was to find Everywoman. Mary Elizabeth Fremd, Business & Finance researcher, began by calling on model agency head, John Robert Powers. His first words were: "H'mmm, sit down. I think we can put you to work." Instead, Miss Fremd put Powers to work culling over his lists of models and giving her facts on the industry...
...injuries which came out of the Stanford game will affect Harvard's chances today as much as the critical end problem that game brought to light. Art Valpey has devoted most of his practice this week to drilling men in new offensive and defensive assignments and to filling gaps left last Saturday...
...that this is the only Ivy League school at which debating is not a University sponsored (financed) activity. The Administration has traditionally held the attitude that it is best for students to be left alone in their extra-curricular affairs and to solve their own administrative and financial problems as much as possible. In most cases, this policy has worked wonderfully well, but it is becoming clear that there are some fields in which financial independence does not operate to the University's best interests. The Dean's office is aware of the problem in debating and has used...
This whole problem boils down simply to the traditional policy of a lack of emphasis on speech. If a member of the faculty could be assigned as the Debate Council's coach and given time to supervise all its debates, as is done in the other Ivy League schools, most of the debaters' problems would be solved. But until the university regards speech and debating that important, Harvard's team will stay near the Ivy League cellar...
Brooklyn, which as a rule has trouble finishing a game in less than three hours, was faced with the bizarre problem of starting a second game at 3:42 and trying to sneak in five innings before rain and darkness reduced the playing field to a London for scene. Had the Flock lost, it would have been the first time a game was lost by three minutes. Apparently it really started pouring immediately after the fifth inning, for a seeing eye dog from plate umpire Al Barlick reported to the press box with the intelligence that the game was hereby...