Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crisis, the dilemma: Whether to accept or to reject the Anglo-French declaration made in London (TIME, Feb. 11) by His Majesty's Government with new, dynamic French Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin and his astute, peasant-born Foreign Minister, Pierre Laval...
...some authorities believe, by the misuse of the constitutional provision of delegation of powers, the Administration will have a perplexing and irksome problem to deal with. Undoubtedly the Supreme Court will rule correctly in deciding against the Government on any of the foregoing reasons. A way out of the dilemma would be for the Administration to retrench to a conservative position by raising the dollar back to par on the old gold standard...
...suggestion to inaugurate a trial period in the Sophomore year at the end of which the tutor would pass upon the student's ability to benefit from independent work is good one. Another stop in the same direction, which would also help the system out of its present financial dilemma, would be to make tutorial work optional with students, regardless, however, of their group rating. Certainly no tutor should be burdened with a student who regards the work as a necessary evil and who prepares for his conferences with little or no enthusiasm. But to deprive worthy students...
...carry off her son to a concentration camp, she managed to get through to Meissner on the telephone and he managed to get Hindenburg to tell Hitler to let the Socialist family of Ebert alone (TIME, March 27). That was the only time that Dr. Meissner faced a dilemma in which his past, present and future chief might be said to be simultaneously involved. Last week, buttoned tightly into his impeccable cutaway, he moved about the diplomatic reception with stiff-necked majesty. He alone had ridden every storm of the last eleven years and he is still riding high. Awkward...
...second feature is entitled "Hat, Coat and A Glove" and is another murder story all mixed up with a few love affairs of varying intensity. Ricardo Cortez is cast as a lawyer who is faced with the not too unusual dilemma of having to defend his wife's lover. The note of newness is added by the fact that the actual murderer is none other than Mr. Cortez himself though it all seems to have been a great surprise to him. You will no doubt be relieved to know that everything ends quite pleasantly for everybody...