Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...teacher admits that it was his mistake--misreading the math problem and confusing the class. But soon it is straightened out, and a young boy struggles with the problem for several minutes. "It's all right" the teacher tells him gently, "we all make mistakes like that." The teacher is blind, and he is teaching blind students...
Curator Clifford S. Ackley has aggravated the problem by deliberately arranging the works so as to "creatively confuse people by breaking down categories" within the art. Confusion might be creative at a cocktail party, but it does little to increase the understanding...
...Look, I think these policies are being magnified. For instance, the main problem for Ethiopia is not military. It is a problem of economic development. The Ethiopians got rid of Hade Selassie. They conducted a revolution. They are not interested in attacking any country. They are interested in getting rid of the tremendous misery that exists there. The military assistant was provided only to defend the integrity of the country...
...Another problem: there is no long-range planning. A Congressman has a two-year horizon, the U.S. President four. You put a head man in a company for only four years, and he won't do anything. He's only interested in having good results for those four years. He'll entertain no research, no development programs that won't pay off for eight or ten years. All top executives ought to be fairly young when they are elected, to be given a shot at really doing something...
Once a father has obtained custody, whether by agreement or by court ruling, he faces lots of adjustments. If his work hours are a problem, he may have to find a new job. Most single fathers rely on female friends or parents to help; day care is often a must. Yet most appear to cope and find the sacrifices worthwhile. Says Brandeis University Sociologist Kristine Rosenthal: "It is very interesting to see what it does to a man to pay the kind of attention to children that women usually do." Her study of 130 single dads showed that they became...