Word: problem
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...people daily who have been rejected by their families, lost all their savings, and with their bodies racked by chronic illness. They have no incentive to get well, no hope of finding a useful place in a society they themselves founded. It seems to me that the problem lies more in what to do with these people after we cure them than in curing them itself...
...made it plain that he was still prepared to negotiate, even offered separate bilateral talks with Khrushchev to deal with the problem of espionage. Said he: "I see no reason to use this incident to disrupt the conference...
...change in the status of Berlin raises the problem of the reunification of Germany. Admit it or not, many Frenchmen and Englishmen feel that West Germany is big and powerful enough as it is. Instead of pushing for reunification, they would prefer to concentrate on completing West Germany's integration into Western Europe. Even some Germans are not eager to jeopardize their prosperity by taking on the poor farm that is East Germany. But the U.S. remains convinced that so long as Germany is divided, it will be a flash point for war. And, as a matter of conscience...
...week's choices. Using a typical method, Columbia's Dean of Undergraduate Admissions David Dudley lined up 3,000 applications for 670 places. His staff first ranked each boy on the sole basis of two aptitude scores. Some were clearly admissible on this basis, some not. The problem: 800 middle-group applicants for 400 places. From then on, intangibles were vital. The chief gauge: "Finding the kid who looks stronger on incentive, who has a real motive." Recalls Dudley: "We moved around the table, shuffling papers. We moved more and more slowly." It took two days to eliminate...
Bolter, "are not looking at the problem realistically. It is about time we offered the courts some practical assistance, and not a lot of starry-eyed theories that allow too many clever patients escape hatches into a mental hospital." Flux & Finality. To many distinguished listeners, Dr. Bolter was simply an angry man. But all psychiatrists are in a dilemma over criminal law. Most of them cannot work well with the courts...