Word: dilemma
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...Catholic women between ages 15 and 44 who have had sexual intercourse used artificial methods. Says Father William Smith, dean of St. Joseph's Seminary in New York, who favors the Pope's clampdown: "Every moral question is at stake in the contraception debate." The dilemma for developing nations is equally difficult. Some critics of the Holy See argue that rapid population growth in the Third World poses a major threat to world stability...
...voters' reaction to the looming deficit dilemma identifies a national ambivalence threatening to thwart any effort to cure society's ills. The public is not shielding itself from reality; polling information reveals that the electorate is well aware of the deficit's adverse affects on inflation, unemployment and interest rates. Consistently, surveys indicate that the public considers the deficit the nation's most pressing crisis. Yet further polling information suggests that the people are not willing to accept tax hikes, a reduction of loopholes or decreased social services in order to whittle away the $180 billion figure. The electorate...
...Friedrich, who wrote the cover story, concedes that he has "very bad manners, almost no manners at all. But part of the problem is that nobody can agree on what good manners are. Some women are really offended if you offer them seats or hold their coats." The modern dilemma, according to Friedrich: "If you hold the door for someone, are you being polite, or are you demonstrating that you have better manners than they do, which isn't politeness...
...Crimson had some scoring problems early in the year, and Vermont intensified this dilemma by double-teaming Landry...
Strobe Talbott has written by far the most valuable, detailed, thoughtful treatise on the nuclear dilemma since the most recent furor over these deadly devices began some five or six years ago. His knowledge of the material is unparalled; his writing skill outstrips that of any other writer on this subject; his access to the people involved is unmatched. But perhaps this last fact is what really dooms Deadly Gambits as a useful guideline for decisions about nuclear policy. How Byzantine and deceitful have the men in the Kremlin been? We do not know: neither does Talbott. What have been...