Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assumed, human nature being what it is, that if they are exposed to temptation they will give in. The U.S., on the other hand, has set the young free, given them cars, given them prosperity -and yet still expects them to follow the rules. The compromise solution to this dilemma has long been petting, or "making out," as it is now known, which the U.S. did not invent but has carried to extreme lengths...
...York City Sir: For his efforts to give the world of science a humanitarian conscience and thereby provide an intelligent formula for the resolution of man's dilemma, Dr. Linus Pauling should be considered...
...Dilemma. Inonu and his People's Republican Party inaugurated overdue reforms, but these did not necessarily make him popular. Bureaucrats were angered by his campaign against waste. Businessmen and big landowners were incensed by new schemes to make them pay taxes. Plain consumers were mad at the attempt to put government monopolies on a profit-making basis, which raised prices. Peasants, who still would rather have new mosques than new schools, hankered for the old days when Menderes built 8,000 village shrines...
Last week Inonu resigned. His dilemma: neither major party can rule separately, since each lacks a parliamentary majority, and neither wants to rule jointly, since that experiment was tried once before, lasted seven months and accomplished nothing. None of the smaller parties seem eager to join another coalition, either. New national elections? Nobody is enthusiastic over that idea...
...teen-aged boy whose horse, Cheyenne, bit him whenever his master's back was turned ("usually in the seat of the pants"), Miller's advice was equally direct: "Face Cheyenne." Nor was Miller buffaloed by the dilemma of the dog-doting husband whose spouse preferred cats. "We can't have two animals. Is there a way we can reach a compromise?" asked the reader. "Of course," Miller assured...