Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shrewd Washington Post column, Novelist Erica Jong (Fear of Flying), formerly a high priestess of sexual abandon, put the dilemma succinctly: "It's hard enough to find attractive single men without having to quiz them on their history of bisexuality and drug use, demand blood-test results and thrust condoms into their hands. Wouldn't it be easier to give up sex altogether and join some religious order?" With a little emendation the same plaint can be made by men. "You think twice," observes a 28-year-old male / patron of Lucy's, a crowded singles bar on Manhattan...
...flood of tourists poses a dilemma. To keep the pond's sandy banks from crumbling under the heavy foot traffic, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management has begun reinforcing them with fieldstone and new plantings. But a group of local naturalists, called Walden Forever Wild, contends that to change the pond's setting is to destroy it. The naturalists want Governor Michael Dukakis to put a halt to the renovation and declare the park a sanctuary, with only guided tours permitted. That would restore the pristine conditions Thoreau loved -- but would reduce the number who could share his fascination with...
...furor over Amerika highlights a persistent TV dilemma. Network programming is frequently derided as bland and mindless, but whenever a provocative show comes along that purveys a controversial point of view, it is assaulted by interest groups on one side or another, often scaring off advertisers and making the network less likely to try other risky ventures. The critics of Amerika, meanwhile, have their own irony to face. The attention they have focused on a program they despise has set the stage for what could be one of TV's highest-rated mini-series since Roots...
Certainly, some additional support for low-cost housing is necessary. In East Brooklyn a handwritten sign on the door of Nehemiah's offices sums up the dilemma faced by private housing groups across the country. PLEASE DO NOT KNOCK! reads the placard. WE ARE SOLD OUT. Those on the list for Nehemiah housing face a wait of more than two years...
...restriction to AIDS patients who have had PCP (about 60% of all victims). Without further tests, doctors cannot tell what the effects will be on those with other variations of the disease. Says Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: "There is an ethical dilemma of doctors using AZT beyond the categories where the drug has been proven safe and effective...