Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many students here and across the country now face the dilemma which this proposal aims to solve. They disagree sincerely and fundamentally with this country's military effort in Vietnam, yet they do not want to break the law by dodging the draft. At present they have only two options: violating the dictates of their conscience by fighting in Vietnam, or violating the law by going to jail...
...addition to these substantive questions, there are weaknesses in the working and construction of the petion. The first sentence reads: "As Americans of draft age, we face an urgent dilemma because many of us cannot in good conscience support American policy in Vietnam." In spite of the phrase "many of us" (as opposed to all of us), the reference to "we" has led many students to believe that a signature puts them on record against...
Signing this petition, however, does not mean that you oppose American policy or that you would request an alternative form of service for yourself. Many of the signers may themselves be in the dilemma they hope to ease; but some are genuinely uncertain of their own position, and their signature means only that they recognize the dilemma for others...
...Administration's request for a one-year extension of the Act is in trouble in the House, and it will need Southern Democratic support. The Johnson Administration is in a dilemma. If it insists on retaining the guidelines, Southerners may back a Republican drive to have the aid given to the states in block grants, instead of earmarking money for individual programs. The Republican plan could jeopardize the entire aid bill, igniting questions of state vs. federal control, aid to parochial schools, and wealthy vs. poor states...
Besides Gitter's, there are three truly polished performances. Stephen Kaplan, as Erwin, acts out The Boss's dilemma in an underplayed, hysterically funny idiom. Kathryn Walker plays an actress in and out of character with precisely the right degree of mannerism, preserving her identity as both a woman and a woman of the theatre. And Arthur Friedman, despite gestures which become too broad a little too often, is a properly ugly, self-assured and obedient cultural bureaucrat...