An opportunity that arises when a problem has to be solved. The opportunity may give rise to benefits that are unrelated to the problem being solved.
The rising cost of gasoline creates a market for alternative energy sources. This creates an probletunity for developing and marketing electrically powered hybrid vehicles to replace cars totally reliant on petrol and diesel. This will save on co2 emissions, which contribute to the greenhouse effect, and thus may reduce global warming.
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Psychological issues experienced by women who mostly have their act together but nonetheless have some problems stemming from their relationships with their father; daddy issues for women who are not insane sluts; the classy version of daddy issues.
by jtuffs December 18, 2014
Get the Father problems mug.The origin can be traced to the phrase in past tense ("Houston, we've had a problem here") that was used by the crew of the Apollo 13 moon flight, to report a major technical problem back to their Houston base. The phrase is normally misquoted as "Houston, we have a problem" as in the movie Apollo 13: "Houston, we have a problem".
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Janet: I learned in Sociology 101 that David Duke is problematic.
Me: I think you mean racist.
Janet: Now you’re being problematic with your mansplaining.
Me: Just shut up.
Me: I think you mean racist.
Janet: Now you’re being problematic with your mansplaining.
Me: Just shut up.
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