Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Feldenkreis brackets the bipolar condition of the American economy: Supreme International, driven by homegrown demand, perks along, while Carfel, at the mercy of foreign markets, falls on hard times. And Feldenkreis' dilemma is the dilemma of many owners and managers skittering along the edge of what may be an economic precipice: Which company points to the real future in the U.S.? Should domestic managers ignore international warning flags and proceed full steam ahead with plans for new hiring, marketing and capital investments? Or should they batten down and abandon plans for growth until the worst has passed...
...dilemma is even thornier because a whole subset of American companies--an extremely large subset--remains blissfully unaffected by what is happening overseas. Like Feldenkreis' Supreme International, such companies are driven almost entirely by domestic sales. Privately owned EMP Manufacturing, a maker of screws, bolts and other fasteners in Chesterfield Township, Mich., about 25 miles north of Detroit, does $4 million in sales a year, mostly to the automotive industry. EMP is basking in several years of record-breaking sales. "I don't think it's affected the Big Three at all," says general manager Steve Novak, who notes that...
Murray talks like a teacher, throwing in vocabwords like "obstreperous" and "obviate," lingeringon tangents that are more educational than theyare relevant. Nothing makes criticism of Imarried a Communist more of a dilemma than thehalf tangential/half-conclusive speeches Murraymakes throughout. In a novel that doesn't revolvearound a climax that estranges its main characterfrom the reader by making him the subject of twoother people's conversation, Murray'sphilosophical effervescence is a rare source ofenergy. Yet, it cloys. For example, after a longdiscussion of how Ira's Estonian nurse used topoke fun at his dainty wife by daintily giving Irablow jobs, Murray mildly...
Boys play the game too, with Spiderman, Darth Vader, Batman and Zorro emerging as the most common trick-or-treaters. At Boston Costume, Puritan Boy outfits and Greek tunics sat untouched while a bevy of boys with tired parents weighed the dilemma of Superman versus the bleeding monster. Closer to home, Michael Zanger-Tishler (age 3 3/4, son of Abby Zanger, Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures) said he was dressing up as a fireman because "that's what I am!" The delightfully precocious boy was happy to eloquently detail his outfit...
...final note about the bcc/cc dilemma: to me, bcc connotes a large party to which I should feel free to bring friends. If the list is cc-ed, I e-mail the party organizer to ask if I can bring someone else, and I probably won't bring more than one person...