Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nervous distraction with his mouth gaping open in a permanently dazed expression; this guy is so neurotic he's got sweat coming out of his ears. And the acting by the supporting cast also is fine, especially by John Rabinowitz '85 as a guest who points out the Sartrean dilemma of being and nothingness by throwing himself down on all fours "to pretend to be a hyena"--a cameo that culminates in Rabinowitz taking a chunk out of the leg of a fellow guest. Kudos to Fitch for giving Rabinowitz several chances throughout the play to reveal his amazing repertoire...
...Nickelodeon proffers its solution to this philosophic dilemma in KOYAANISQATSI. This film makes use of time-lapse photography and a Phil Glass soundtrack to show the natural growth of a plot of land and the literally synthetic growth of a plot of urbanity. The director's bias is not hard to guess. At times; the city footage looks like a Jarvik 7 artificial heart going loco and devouring human beings, or, to be more definitive, New Yorkers...
...determining the seeding for the AFL division, which is represented by five teams, not four. Three AFL teams--Kirkland, Adams, and Mather--could finish in a three-way tie for third place, but only two can make the playoffs. Wilson has not yet decided how to settle such a dilemma...
...badly over the question of punishment. The U.S., frustrated that terrorists have so easily escaped retribution in the past, put great emphasis on the issue. The Italians were less insistent, perhaps because they had more lives and property at stake. For the Egyptians, the punishment issue posed a difficult dilemma. Said a senior U.S. diplomat in Washington: "We were fighting Egypt...
...university should burden its students with such a moral dilemma, nor with the responsibility of snitching on their peers, even if such action implies a sense of trust in its students...