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Carter Problem 1979 81

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noun

• a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

51%8 Popularized by Maybelle Carter of The Carter Family
noun

• A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.

29%13 A pattern in which the solution to a problem creates another problem, leading back to the original problem
noun

• one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

• an argument that assumes that which is to be proved

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