Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This whole problem raises a grave dilemma, as my letter doubtless indicates; I cannot find any simple answer. I should like to see Marxist doctrine vigorously and clearly expounded in our universities; we must understand the strength of Communism, and the power of its appeal to many people, if we are to act wisely in the world today. But a frank clear exposition of Marxist doctrine is the last thing to be expected from men trained to work by undercover methods. The usual formulas by which one attempts to guarantee freedom of speech and teaching are all, I fear, inadequate...
Vaccination Dilemma...
...mentioned Dr. Milo Brooks's dilemma caused by the increasing skimpiness of swim suits [TIME, May 30] . . . My daughter's case, may put the doctor at ease . . . She was vaccinated on the bottom of her foot. Result: no visible scars. This is excellent for children who are not yet walking...
Justice Jackson had a bigger and broader objection. In his angry dissent, the man who was chief U.S. counsel at the Nürnberg trials brought into focus the dilemma of democracy: how to keep its freedoms without delivering itself to its enemies. To Jackson it was clear that Chicago had a clear right to curb a Terminiello, and that the judge's definition was a practical recipe for a concrete situation...
...increasing skimpiness of swim suits has created a doctor's dilemma, Dr. Milo Brooks told the California Medical Association : the profession is undecided where to make vaccinations without leaving visible scars...