2008年6月16日 星期一

problem solving, Rollback a Perfect Storm

Gore Endorses Obama as a Solver of Problems
Former Vice President Al Gore made his season debut on the presidential campaign, urging all Democrats to rally behind the party’s fall ticket.



Hog Farmers Face a Perfect Storm

Midwest flooding has damaged four million acres of cropland in the U.S., an estimate says. Meat producers, hit by high corn prices, sought the rollback of ethanol mandates.



Perfect Storm禍不單行

Rollback was a term used by American foreign policy thinkers during the Cold War. It was defined as using military force to "rollback" communism in countries where it had taken root.
problem Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a situation, person or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with or solved:
financial/health problems
Our main problem is lack of cash.
I'm having problems with my computer.
No one has solved the problem of what to do with radioactive waste.
The very high rate of inflation poses/presents (= is) a serious problem for the government.
When is the government going to tackle (= deal with) the problem of poverty in the inner cities?
[+ ing form of verb] Did you have any problems (= difficulties) getting here?
I'd love to come - the only problem is I've got friends staying that night.

2 a question in mathematics which needs an answer:
We were given ten problems to solve.

3 problem child/family, etc. a child, etc. whose behaviour is bad

problematic Show phonetics
adjective (ALSO problematical)
full of problems or difficulties:
Getting everyone there on time might prove problematic.

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