Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, before a firing squad, Sánchez finally had the sweet taste of glory, along with the bitter taste of death. It was typical of the world's spiritual dilemma that to many he would be a hero for fighting tyranny. His admirers would ignore the vast tyrannic cause which Sánchez served...
...year scholarship at Manhattan's Neighborhood Playhouse. Broadway Producer Guthrie McClintic saw him and signed him for a last-act bit in the road tour of Katharine Cornell's The Doctor's Dilemma. On that tour, Peck met and later married Greta Konen, a tiny, bright-blonde Finnish girl who was Cornell's hairdresser...
Some long-range decisions had to be made, too. To hold on to North China, would the government soon have to abandon Manchuria entirely? In Nanking last week a government spokesman described the dilemma. Said he: "Two factors are involved-the government military position below the Great Wall and U.S. aid. If both are strong or positive, the government will fight not only to hold on but to reclaim all Manchuria. If either is weak or negative, the government will still fight to the uttermost. But if both are weak and negative, then full retreat from Manchuria may well...
...there was more money in circulation than ever before, and few shoppers, even after days of eyeing high-priced goods, could shake off the desire to buy. Many attempted to solve the dilemma by taking extra-expensive articles in the hope of getting quality goods...
...Horn's finding pointed an obvious moral for air travelers: don't fly with a pilot who has just had a crash. For airlines and pilots, that conclusion poses a dilemma. How can the pilot get back his confidence unless he flies? Horn suggests that a crashed pilot should go through a comeback course of supervised flying with a copilot. If his jitters are severe, it may help to talk out his trouble under a "hypnotic" drug...