Word: problems
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...Fineberg had a small problem. Pigeons can turn their heads all the way around. And his pigeons kept ripping their wires...
...technological St. George, filter software that can scan through the Internet and block access to anything objectionable--pornography, hate speech, bomb-making instructions, you name it. Since it's a technical issue, the computer experts will handle it, and the electorate can go back to sleep. Unfortunately, the problem isn't that simple: Filter software is beset by fundamental problems whose solution will require tough thinking, not by programmers, but by the public at large...
...really solve the attention problem, many workers are taking an even more radical step: they are leaving the office. With their companies' blessing, more and more of them are working at home, at least part time. Little wonder, says researcher Brill, given how hard it is to concentrate in these places, no matter how young and hip you are. His son Zeke is a good example...
...PROBLEM PILL So much for free love. For women with a family history of breast cancer, birth-control pills that were made before 1975 may have raised the already heightened likelihood of developing the cancer. Advice: be extra vigilant about getting mammograms if you have close relatives with breast cancer--and if you were using the Pill back when the times they were a-changin...
...Congressional District, in the suburbs of Atlanta, Republican Representative Bob Barr--a man who called for Bill Clinton to be impeached months before anybody had ever heard of Monica Lewinsky--is hanging on to a slight edge in his struggle for a fourth term in Congress. Part of the problem is a tough opponent. Roger Kahn is a wealthy Atlanta businessman who has already spent $2 million of his own money on an aggressive campaign. And part of Barr's problem is himself...