root of the trouble
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His columnist colleague on the New York Herald Tribune, Pundit Walter Lippmann, tartly observed that the President's predilection for postponing world political decisions until after the war was 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 root of the trouble lies in the intuition that at bottom he is incapable of thinking about anyone but himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
But economics is still at the root of the trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
And it is only by treating the cavity of the cervix, which can only be done by a physician, through a speculum, that the root of the trouble can be reached.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.
