Word: dilemma
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...what the outcome of the referendum is, the present debate perfectly illustrates the pernicious nature of "reform" in South Africa. And coupled with the success of the homelands policy--which so far has displaced 15 million Blacks to the worst land in the country--it serves to underline the dilemma faced by Western leaders in formulating an approach to dealing with the apartheid regime...
This dramatic drop in interest in Harvard student government is easily the biggest problem confronting the council as it reconvenes. A perception of powerlessness has deflated previous College governance structures, and the council must confront this dilemma sooner than perhaps even campus skeptics would have predicted...
...through all the nuclear development, one thing has remained clear: the conventional force equation is at the root of the European political split that fuels our nuclear dilemma. Nukes only destroy; they don't conquer territory, achieve revolution or political reform, or even apply total pressure. Nuclear weapons' only use, as former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has recently written, is for deterrence; as a practical component of Western defense strategy, they are useless. Not so with convention forces. The MBFR talks offer a chance for the West to start redressing what some have estimated as a 3-1 Wasrsaw Pact...
...stockholders who own between ten and 500 shares face the biggest dilemma. Under terms of the divestiture agreement, they will keep their shares of the parent company, and in addition be given one share in each of the seven regional operating companies for every ten shares of A T & T stock they have. Thus someone with 100 shares of AT&T, worth $6,675 last week, would acquire another ten shares each in new companies with such unfamiliar names as Pacific Telesis and Ameritech. Those with fewer than ten A T & T shares will be given cash instead of partial...
...esophagus and Down's syndrome, which causes moderate to severe mental retardation. Thanks to advances in neonatal medicine, surgeons could ensure Baby Doe's survival by attaching his esophagus to his stomach, but nothing could be done to prevent retardation. His parents were confronted with an agonizing dilemma: to assent to an operation that would save the life of a child who could be hopelessly retarded, or to allow him to die of starvation. Against the wishes of their pediatrician and hospital, they chose the latter. The parents' right to this choice was twice challenged...