Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...took office last week, Kurt Kiesinger was aware of the dimensions of his?and his countrymen's?dilemma. One-third of all Germans were born after the war, but the war lives on as a heavy weight on their plans for the future. "We are burdened with an enormous crisis of self-confidence," said Kiesinger. "We simply cannot and must not forget the terrible things that happened in our history; yet this memory must not paralyze our energies. A healthy Germany is important not only to us but to the world around us as well. We cannot take leave...
Wehner was conscious that the rank-and-file of his party opposed helping their old foes out of their dilemma. Furthermore, since preference polls showed the Socialists leading the Christian Democrats by a comfortable margin, there was a strong sentiment in the party to ride out the crisis until Erhard would be forced to call new national elections; then, possibly, the Socialists could take it all. But Kiesinger was persuasive. To allow Germany to flounder indefinitely, he warned, would undermine the public's faith in the democratic system. Together, the two parties could, he promised, give German politics and prestige...
...hold on to such maverick clients as Hallmark Cards' Joyce Hall became legendary. Publicly, Cone emerged as the most respected scold of the industry. He once scourged the "tasteless people" in advertising as the "miserable, crawly two or three per cent who represent the advertising horn of our dilemma...
...Slugabed. Editorial writers chided Johnson for flouting doctor's orders, but his physician resolved the dilemma by hedging his postoperative advice. Mayo's Dr. James Cain, an old Johnson friend, said diplomatically: "I meant that President Johnson should not drive a car over rough ranch roads where a sudden stop might be necessary...
...First Amendment "right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Harried police have often invoked something else: the power of every state to preserve the public peace and protect property rights. The conflict has faced the Supreme Court with a dilemma: When does state police power take precedence over the First Amendment's protections for peaceful demonstrators...