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Word: problems (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...problematic. You try to gauge the popularity of the college," he said, adding, "Wait lists provide a protection for guessing wrong on the low side. The problem is you have no such protection on the other side...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Harvard to Accept Fewer Freshmen | 2/15/1980 | See Source »

...have lived for decades. Don't spend more than you have, don't have the government poking its nose in places where it shouldn't be, let the forces of supply and demand determine most of what goes on in our lives, and everything will settle just fine. The problem is the ideas that work on the farm do not necessarily make for the best government...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: In Sheep's Clothing | 2/14/1980 | See Source »

...crucial problem in appraising the chances and the direction of the first process--the making of peace between Isreal and its Arab neighbours--is, who is going to outlive whom. Will it be Egypt with its present policy or will it be the anti-Egyptian radical front...

Author: By Shlomo Gazit, | Title: Normalization or Destabilization? | 2/14/1980 | See Source »

...moment he first stepped foot on the IAB pool deck and teammate Bobby Hackett mistook him for a member of the AAU Gators junior high contingent, the slightly-built newcomer realized lack of bulk might be a problem. After a few laps spent trying to keep up with the Harvard swim team, Roberts discovered he had bigger problems to contend with...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Quiet Swimmer Earns Respect | 2/14/1980 | See Source »

Brown's aides concede that their candidate's poor performance results from what they anti-septically term an "image problem." Pollster Lou Harris and his nationwide interviews show voters regard Brown as "superficial", "opportunistic," "unreliable," and "flaky." Americans perceive Brown, despite his mainstream politics, as so far beyond the bounds of the civic religion that he could never be nominated, let alone elected. Recent events in California--the murder of two public officials in San Francisco cult in Guyana--have made the public far less indulgent of the stereotype of western eccentricity that Brown epitomizes...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: Suffering a Change in Fashion | 2/14/1980 | See Source »

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