Word: conundrum
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...cinema. Lives and ideals are put to their greatest risk. And Scott is a magnificent strategist of organized carnage, as he proved in Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. The battle skirmishes here mix sudden violence with slow-motion artistry. The attractive cast can sell an obsession or articulate a conundrum with equal fervor. Eva Green, in the token-girl role every action epic needs, has a classic movie star's beauty and allure, and Bloom has matured splendidly (the beard helps). He gives Balian heft and winsomeness as a pensive man of action...
...just a matter of minutes, about as long as it takes to upload a series of cover letters on the OCS website, I quickly discovered the flip side to my eight-year-old conundrum...
...North Korea conundrum...
...that. "It's surprising," says analyst Greg McBride of bankrate.com The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is now 5.81%, according to HSH Associates, while the average one-year ARM is 4.32%. And the gap is narrowing. Even Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan termed it a "conundrum" in a recent report...
...issue of clinical trials on children is itself a conundrum. Is it ethical for parents to make the decision to put their children through drug testing? It is possible that this could result in major side effects that last even when the child is an adult. But, is it any better to place kids on antidepressants that have never been sufficiently tested on maturing minds and bodies? There was certainly not enough evidence to prove that Zoloft caused Christopher Pittman to commit murder, as antidepressants have so far been related to suicidal ideation and not violence. This absence...