root of the trouble
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Insulin, "favored by A. M. A.," he scorned because it merely alleviates, does not get at the root of the trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
But you only vaguely addressed the true root of the trouble: bad parenting.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unrest upset the battered Egyptian economy�the root of the trouble �even more.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never before among the overabundant welter of discussion about postwar problems has the central root of the trouble been tapped so accurately.
From Time Magazine Archive
The root of the trouble is in inadequate programs, in defective teaching methods and unsuitable teachers.
From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)
