Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same time, however, President Raul Alfonsin's determination to come to grips with the past has confronted him with a major dilemma: he must honor his commitment to democracy and a citizenry's clamoring for justice by punishing the guilty among the soldiers, yet he cannot afford either to destroy or to alienate the 60,000-strong career military...
...message presented the U.S. with an excruciating dilemma. Until now none of the Westerners kidnaped by the shadowy forces of Islamic Jihad, or Islamic Holy War, has been killed. But the situation is worsening as the Shi'ite extremists step up their demands. The four Americans pictured in the terrorist photographs were: Terry Anderson, 37, Associated Press Beirut bureau chief; the Rev. Benjamin Weir, 60, a Presbyterian minister; the Rev. Lawrence Jenco, 50, a Roman Catholic priest; and U.S. Embassy Official William Buckley, 56, who was abducted on March 16, 1984, making him the longest-held American captive. A fifth...
Emotionally cornered and widely condemned, the whites of South Africa are the prisoners of a status quo that is murderous to sustain and suicidal to abandon. Their response to this dilemma is not in itself surprising: the more their racist system is branded as offensive, the more defensive, and dangerous, they become. "The first habit we instill," says Hennie van der Merwe, "is the habit not to ask questions...
...existing tax system "very fair" and 24% view it as "not fair at all." When specific deductions are cited, however, such as those for home-mortgage interest, charitable contributions and property taxes, large majorities oppose any move to ban them. That, of course, is at the heart of the dilemma faced by the reformers...
...choosing to cover protests rather than events probing the South African issue's complexity The Crimson's recent flip-flop on its editorial position toward divestment demonstrates that the issues involved are indeed complex and that students can benefit from further examination and discussion of the South African dilemma. The Institute of Politics will be sponsoring two more panel discussions on South Africa--I hope the rest of the Harvard community, it not The Crimson will be present. Peter T. Gelfman...