Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...second problem in developing accurate, clear communication between the Government and the Navajos was not handled by us at all, but by Mr. Rudolf Modley, who should receive public credit. It is not quite correct to state that Navajo, as it exists, can't find a word for such terms as "sheep unit." The trouble was that the interpreters, misunderstanding such terms, used the wrong terms in Navajo. Mr. Modley gave statements involving all such new terms to an interpreter, who passed them on in Navajo to several other English-speaking Navajos. These in turn told Mr. Modley...
...looking and listening could do it, in those 41 days Sumner Welles had become the best-informed man in the world on the world's biggest problem-World War II. By special train, airplane and steamer he had covered 14,000 miles; he had conferred with two Kings-George VI of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy; one Führer; one Duce; two Prime Ministers-Chamberlain, Daladier (and Reynaud, successor to Daladier); with the Foreign Ministers and officialdom of all four countries, opposition party spokesmen of the Allies; with Pope Pius...
...whites, a maternal and infant mortality rate more than 60% higher. At birth a Negro baby can look forward to a probable life of only 47 years, compared to a white baby's 59. Herewith TIME tells the story of four attacks on this No. 1 public health problem...
With performances in six games to go by in judging his players, Stahl has been able to work out a fairly definite lineup to start this Saturday at Tuffs. Ed Buckley seems to be the answer to the pressing second base problem. While shaky in the field, the Minnesota Sophomore demonstrated that he can hit, bingling seven times out of 20 for an average...
...Regan has solved another big problem with his capable work behind the plate. Although his hitting faded after the North Carolina game, in which he poled a home run. Regan has handled his catching assignment remarkably well, playing errorless ball and giving up no passed pitches. His defensive superiority has gained him the call over Charley Spreyer...