If technology is the key ingredient to rejuvenating the American economy, it has to work where the problems are biggest and the task the hardest.
Indeed, those questioned by our pollsters have more confidence in the United States to do something about world economic problems than they do for the work of either of the organisations specifically charged with dealing with such problems.
Reconciliation brings the community together allowing each member to work out the existing problems as a combined force of like-hearted people.
But of course the seriousness of those problems only underscores the question: Why not work harder to avert those problems when there was still time?
"You know the great scientists by the problems they pick to work on, " says Caltech's Lewis.
We talk about our kids, our work, the problems we have and our plans.
We expect everyone at Facebook to be good at finding the biggest problems to work on.
They want to see Washington work on the problems that affect them directly.
Ashoka Fellows work on the hardest problems in society from human trafficking to medical waste to saving orangutans.
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Yueh believes that the key to recruting this top talent is to create an environment that allows them to work on the hardest engineering problems.
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Previewing ideas he will set out in full with a speech on Tuesday to the independent Resolution Foundation - whose work is devoted to diagnosing the problems affecting low to middle income earners - Mr Boles proposes a philosophical shift that should guide the next round of spending cuts due for 2013 or 2014.
Justice Minister Jim Wallace described the results as "disappointing" but vowed to tackle the problems highlighted by the work.
It could be that the woman who's interviewing you barely got to work in the morning because of problems at home.
It claims the NIHE was exposed to fraud because of major problems in the oversight of work carried out by contractors.
The best solutions occur when networks of people in education, business, government and community organizations work together to solve the problems of education.
It claims the Housing Executive was exposed to fraud because of major problems in the oversight of work carried out by contractors.
Poor after-sales service meant attempts to rectify problems with the work hit a brick wall, he added.
"There have been continuing problems with the work capability assessment which has used a tick box-style assessment to assess people's fitness for work, " he said.
So, my sense is that they would love for us to find out what the problems are, work them out and let's just go on about our way with the protections that are in place.
This is -- regardless of who wins elections, everybody that's sworn into Congress and everybody that serves in the executive branch has an obligation to solve problems and make it work for the American people.
Congress and the President can either work progressively to solve these problems, or sit back and react to the dwindling dollars of our shrinking national budget.
Plus, the time she would have to work on new problems would be dramatically reduced as they laboriously worked through the math that someone else would solve using a PC.
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The Y2K Cooperation Center warned that The Gambia's official computer systems could still face problems when normal work resumes after the new year holiday.
The borough council set up a task force to examine problems connected to the large migrant work force in the area.
The engineers and technical workers in the union work on plans for new planes and solve problems that arise on the factory floor.
Until this nation comes to terms with this flaw in social planning (or the absence thereof), obesity, social isolation, and consumerism (which necessitates the American work ethos), will continue to be increasing problems for the fabric of American society.
If we could channel the collective expertise of the adult professionals in the education system to work together, we would certainly begin to solve the problems facing public education.
When he began presenting work that warned of the problems with these drugs, nobody paid much attention.
Kathleen said our country was going to have to work together to solve the problems we face.
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We will tell our people to work together to solve the problems.
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