root of the trouble
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When it finally dawned on them that D.D.T. was the root of the trouble,* the worried patient relaxed and was able to go to work.
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 is the acute, continent-wide shortage of railroad freight cars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week a group of harassed neutrals formed the Paris Citizens' League and signed up 1,200 members determined to get to the root of the trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
The root of the trouble, so far as local fishing conditions were concerned, was the lack of adequate equipment together with ignorance of its proper use.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by James Wharton
