Word: dilemma
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Professors said yesterday that the dilemma for Walder and Oi is a classic example of the challenges in faculty recruiting that Harvard and other universities now face as the number of two-career families in academia increases. These professors add that Harvard's response to this case will make clear how responsive the University intends to be to the needs of such couples...
AMERICAN Jews have always faced the dilemma of whether or not to criticize Israel. Is Israel "just another nation," or does it still embody the dream of a fair, just and open society? American Jews must balance the fact that they are not in the same situation as Israeli citizens--they don't serve in the army or pay taxes--with the fact that they care passionately about the state created for their people. In the last few months many American Jews have chosen to criticize Israel but only selectively. And that's the problem...
...weeks ago, the party's Central Committee announced a mid-1989 plenum to discuss the sensitive ethnic issue; the outcome may help shape a policy that goes beyond current disjointed prescriptions. In examining the Soviet Union's ethnic dilemma, TIME offers a report on the two republics that present Gorbachev with his greatest challenge: Estonia and Armenia...
...moment, Bush must at least signal that he recognizes his budget dilemma. He will probably name the rest of his economic team before departing for his vacation home in Kennebunkport, Me., for Thanksgiving weekend. The biggest question is whether former Reagan Treasury official and Baker protege Richard Darman will be named to head the Office of Management and Budget. A respected investment banker, Darman at OMB would please the markets, but he might seem too independent to meet Bush's exacting standards of loyalty...
...solution to the Democrats' dilemma is, oddly enough, an intellectual, technocratic, dull. Northeastern liberal who doesn't trumpet his liberalism...