Word: conundrum
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...seal is rarely on the pot or bag that I buy, and at the crack of dawn when I’ve just awoken or have yet to sleep, my yen for a good brew is much stronger than my remorse for Guatemala. It is the typical American consumer conundrum: what matters for me right now, versus what matters for everyone else in the world whom I will never meet...
...conundrum of Kim, who succeeded his father Kim Il Sung eight years ago as North Korea's absolute ruler, has flummoxed Washington for years. The xenophobic leader can veer from aggressive hostility to quiet bids to mend relations with the outside world, particularly if other nations help leapfrog his poverty-stricken people into the modern era. Like his father, when Kim has been most desperate for foreign aid, he has used the rattle of nukes to frighten the U.S. and its allies into buying...
What actually follows, unfortunately, is another 90 minutes of derivative dramatic conundrum. Kahlo’s art, which is considerably more passionate than this film is willing to realize, imitated her life in more interesting ways than Taymor shows us. When the paintings are shown on screen, only the most manipulated audience member would not want to be transported to some far-off gallery, where perhaps we can enter the world of Frida Kahlo without the distracting influence of dramatic contrivance...
...should have remembered the first rule of stardom: Never talk to the press; they might print what you say. By now, he also ought to have figured out the conundrum of celebrity: that being rich and famous means you can indulge your darkest fantasies?but it also means you can't, because someone is always watching; someone will tell the press. Bad boys get caught...
...CARPAL CONUNDRUM For long-term relief from the painful wrist condition called carpal-tunnel syndrome, do you go for surgery or stick to the support of less-invasive wrist splints? Go for the knife, suggests a study of 176 patients, half of whom underwent surgery and half of whom wore splints. After three months, 80% of the surgery group showed improvement, in contrast to 54% of those who wore splints. After 18 months, 90% of the surgery patients had improved--and 41% of the others had opted for the operation...