Word: problem
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...Getting it on first has become more important than getting it right," Koppel said. "This creates a problem...
Then there's Fred, the heating unit of last resort. Fred is the dog. You pile Fred on for extra warmth in extremis. But you think about it first. To begin with, there is the possibility of fleas. The second problem is that Fred, in the past year or so, has begun to snore, loudly and almost humanly. The other downside is that Fred smells doggy--not flagrantly, but enough. He's a farm dog. He gets around...
...found, the controllers who direct the almost 7,000 flights a day that flow through the airspace were switched to the emergency system. Some of them were not up to speed on that version, though, and they became confused and started yelling, "The backup system isn't working!" The problem was caused by what an agency spokesman called a glitch in the software--installed just that morning--although, he added, safety was never compromised...
...Republican Reassurer last winter after reading an article about Bush as a fraternity boy at Yale. "Listen, R.R.," I said. "I knew people who were Dekes at Yale--perfectly nice people who may have thought of breaking furniture on weekends as their extracurricular activity. I've got no problem with that. But president of Deke! Isn't that an indication that he took it seriously...
WAKE-UP CALL It's hard enough to remember what to do at 2 a.m. on Oct. 29, when the nation reverts to standard time (hint: "fall back"). But many folks have an even bigger problem. Their internal body rhythm remains so out of synch that for days they experience something akin to jet lag. If this sounds like you, you might try this novel, melatonin-based regimen...