Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...always easy to grasp. He thinks in soliloquy, like Hamlet, perhaps in the hope that the modern world, which seldom hears the modern poet, may sometimes overhear him. Unlike many modern poets, Thomas has never been bitten with the "social consciousness" bug; again like Hamlet, he wrestles with the dilemma of self-consciousness...
...Best Actor division there is a real dilemma. No one can complain if either Marlon Brando (Viva Zapata), or Gary Cooper (High Noon), wins. But if the Academy falls back on Jose Farrier because he is famous, influential, and a high-brow actor, it will be chopping up the last remnant of its already tattered prestige...
...Eisenhower administration faces a dilemma, said Bauer, because its official policy is one of action, in contrast to the containment policy of the Truman regime. However, "it may well be that the best thing we could do is sit tight, and let the forces which are at work in the Soviet system bring a crisis to the point of ripening. It is quite possible that if we take an overt foreign policy of moving into the disputed boarder-line countries at this time, this might have the effect of solidifying the Soviet bosses in opposition to an external enemy...
...long as they do not make the Committee a mere adjunct of the Dean's Office, these proposals can meet the most important dilemma facing the Committee. As long as a more energetic Committee will pay off in more and better applicants to the College, such experiments are worth trying...
China is by no means under the thumb of Russia as are the Satellite nations, Swartz believes. Although the Soviets' ultimate aim is "complete control from Moscow," they must go slow. A dilemma: if they try to take direct control at this time, they face angry resentment from the Chinese; if they treat China as an exception, they can expect jealously from their satellites...