Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iran and the terrorists continue to back away from extreme demands, however, they will raise again a torturous dilemma for which American and other Western officials have never found a satisfactory answer. Should they negotiate at all for the release of hostages? If so, when and with whom? Most important, how can they persuade the captors to release hostages without making concessions that seem to reward terrorism and encourage more hostage taking...
Diana Bowler and Alisa Michaels Metzner, vice presidents at BankAmerica in San Francisco, had a common dilemma. Both had baby girls and did not want to work full time. Yet neither wanted to sacrifice a promising career at the bank. With the approval of their bosses, they came up with a solution: sharing one management job and salary. Bowler, 32, and Michaels Metzner, 34, were a good match because both worked in strategic planning and analysis. Michaels Metzner now comes in seven hours a day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and Bowler , works a similar schedule on Wednesday, Thursday...
Admissions of taboo, often criminal behavior pose a more serious dilemma. In fact, the line has become a repository for confessions of rape, incest, child sexual abuse and murder. The phone company's sole restriction is a ban on playing back such calls to other callers. "I just stabbed my wife and two daughters," one man screamed into the phone. "I buried my wife and daughter in the backyard. My other daughter is buried under the pier." The Los Angeles police, who do not monitor the line, say that it is up to the operators to report likely crimes...
...This dilemma was evident in last November's revelation that Kennedy School Dean Graham T. Allison '62 had attempted to swap a $500,000 gift in exchange for University Officer status. The K-School, with only a small pool of alumni but ever-expanding programs, badly needed the money to bolster the school's loan forgiveness program. Administrators let the demands of fundraising overshadow Harvard's ethical guidlines...
...This dilemma was evident in the November revelation that Kennedy School Dean Graham T. Allison '62 had attempted to swap a $500,000 gift in exchange for University Officer status. The K-School, with only a small pool of alumni but ever-expanding programs, badly needed the money to bolster the school's loan forgiveness program. Administrators let the demands of fundraising overshadow Harvard's ethical guidelines...