Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There's a dilemma now with club teams," said Harvard Coach Chris Haggerty. "Myself and the coach from Slippery Rock are trying to encourage a strictly undergraduate competition...
...separate caretaker's house (both shaped like smaller hoagies), maid's quarters and a swimming pool. There's even a gift-wrapping room."Hey, don't look at me," says Badanes. "The guy's got a lot of kids and a lot of birthday parties." But right now, the dilemma is over what car grille to order for the fireplace in the living room. "I'm looking for a '60s Chrysler," says Badanes, "but I could live with a '51 Buick if I could hinge all that stuff." He points to a picture of the Buick's metalwork front. "Remember...
...upon the discipline, and to train students who in turn become leaders in their fields, new and old. This Department has trained some of the most important historians in the country, including two of the first practitioners of women's history. Finally, I wish to comment on the false dilemma posed by your headline, "A Matter of Breadth versus Depth", and to do so in general terms. Where historians are concerned, breadth and depth are not antithetical concepts. Among the social sciences, history is that discipline whose practitioners most need to combine broad and specific knowledge. The great historians (Marc...
...DINK dilemma is when or whether to have children. In 1986 the cost of raising a child to age 18 averaged almost $100,000; of course, that figure does not include future college expenses. Like many DINKs, William Cohen, 33, an Atlanta lawyer, and Susan Penny-Cohen, 28, founder of a headhunting firm for lawyers and paralegals, have not yet planned to reproduce. "As our income ^ grew, we found that we had less time," says William. Northwestern's Kotler suspects that the double-incomers' frenzy of consumption will exhaust itself, and more couples will see children as desirable: "Children...
...President's dilemma spotlights a basic conundrum of the nuclear age: how to limit access to the nuclear button yet make sure it can still be pushed if something suddenly happens to the President. The novel also gets to the heart of a debate over nuclear strategy: Does it make sense to target the Kremlin and other Soviet command centers? That might serve to destroy Moscow's war-fighting capability, but it could also eliminate its ability to de- escalate a crisis once the shooting begins. This strategy is known as "nuclear decapitation," and Aaron likens it to "two headless...