Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Razo's dilemma mirrors the problem of all minorities at Harvard. What identity do we seek here? Do we turn within to examine our heritage, or do we look outside and try to fit in to the larger society? Unfortunately no middle ground exists. Either path leads to the exclusion of the other and the disapproval of one's peers...
...With 7,500 Syrian troops in West Beirut and an additional 25,000 in north and east Lebanon, Assad has been embarrassed by Glass's kidnaping. Assad's dilemma: fighting the Beirut terrorists would, in effect, mean confronting their chief patron, Iran, which Damascus supports in its protracted war with Iraq. According to Israeli sources, when Syrian Army General Ghazi Kenaan led his troops into Beirut in February, he wanted to curb the power of Hizballah, the pro-Iranian Shi'ite group based in the Lebanese capital that is believed to hold most of the 24 foreign hostages, including nine...
Harvard educators must devise a means of teaching ethical thinking and fostering the development of moral values for all without erring too far on the side of Bennett's moral imperialism. This is a dilemma that has beset many a thousand in Professor Michael Sandel's course, "Justice," not to mention our nation's educators. For starters, the University should add another subdivision to the Core that examines the values, traditions, and development of Western civilization and thought. This would provide knowledge of a moral structure that has underpinned the society in which we have lived for several millenia...
...opposition's bond with the students remains fragile. "Both the government and its opponents face serious dilemmas," says William Gleysteen, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea from 1978 to 1981. "The opposition may enjoy the spectacle of a widespread antigovernment movement, but it has no control over the demonstrators. The students may be antigovernment, but they do not necessarily support the opposition politicians. The best way out of this dilemma is for both the opposition and the government to ease the tension and begin direct talks." That might end the street violence, but finding a set of concessions the opposition...
...Kubrick returns to the movie mainstream, he also waters down his material with a Hollywood ending. So far, he has closely followed his source novel, Gustav Hasford's taut, scary The Short-Timers. Now -- we will say no more -- Kubrick pretties up the climax with a bogus moral dilemma and some attenuated anguish. A viewer is finally left to savor earlier delights: the dialogue's wild, desperate wit; the daring in choosing a desultory skirmish to make a point about war's pointlessness; the fine, large performances of almost every actor (Ermey and D'Onofrio seem sure shots for Oscar...