Word: problems
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problem of economic aid to underdeveloped countries was the subject of the informal discussion led by Sir Hamilton A. R. Gibb, professors Edward S. Mason, George E. Kirk, and Barbara Ward, Lady Jackson. The panel of economists agreed that the obstacle of political influence and intrigue is one of the greatest impediments to effective economic development...
Eliminating certain sports, although an easy panacea to the cost problem, is not an equitable solution. "Minor" sports represent the interests of a definite part of the undergraduate body--and just because the amount of interest is now low, this does not preclude a future increase in interest. Last June, the H.A.A. dropped lacrosse and golf as varsity sports, and reduced support for club-teams in sailing, skiing, rifle, and pistol--a savings of $15,000 annually (about the salary of a full professor...
...tried to pull all the knowledge of crucial areas together," he recalls, citing the secret intelligence reports from behind the lines as well as economic and political information that the staff of experts prepared from published material. The biggest problem OSS had to face was securing the most important information without angering army and navy intelligence men. Such information as the most important bombing targets ("We couldn't tell the Air Force what to bomb, but we could tell them what the relative importance of targets was") and what railroads needed attack was provided by the "cloak and dagger boys...
Uniform Rates Present Problem...
Dean von Stade commented that the modernization program, added to the existing differences among dormitories in the Yard, will present a difficult problem in assigning rooms when the new uniform rent schedule for all Freshman goes into effect next Fall...