In an attempt to solve a problem in a legislative manner when that very problem had already been solved by voluntary industry cooperation.

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Psychologists had 543 men and women in a mall, ages 25 to 75, take a test that involved quickly evaluating whether a series of arithmetic problems had been properly solved.

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When I told her my family history of mental illness that included at least one suicide, she threw her pen down on the floor as if this years-long mystery had finally been solved.

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Last year Mark Dixie was jailed for a rape and murder that might never have been solved had he not had a DNA sample taken following his arrest (and subsequent release) over a pub brawl a few months later.

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Only about half actually got their Problem Solved, but most felt they had at least been heard.

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Lyon said the ordeal has been arduous and emotional for the workers, but "we had patience" and solved problems methodically as they came up.

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He said that since 2000, there had been interventions by competition authorties, consumer bodies and the Government, but these had not solved the problem.

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