Word: dilemma
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...That?s a real dilemma for the administration; they are debating how to maintain transparency and keep expectations realistic. When they issue these warnings they inevitably get a million calls from people asking questions, and they have nothing to add. There just isn?t any more information...
...anthrax from stockpiling Cipro. So why are these reasons downplayed in favor of others that make less sense? Answer: the dubious ones involve risks to you as an individual, whereas the good ones involve risks to Americans as a society. Cipro is a classic example of the democratic dilemma known as "the problem of the commons." This refers to situations in which we would all be better off if we all did one thing but each of us is individually better off by doing the opposite. Cipro is most likely to be available for anyone who needs it if nobody...
...President's dilemma--like the country's--was plain. We are at war now, called to fight unseen enemies on multiple fronts. Report anything unusual or alarming, Bush said, in the hope that 280 million investigators have a better chance of foiling the next plot. But we are not trained for this, and an unmarked catering truck on a quiet street prompts three different neighbors to call the cops. "Be on the lookout for mysterious health symptoms," said health czar Tommy Thompson, but who doesn't have those? We were told last week not to panic but to be prepared...
...Zeevi's killers to Israel - for the simple reason that this would paint him as a collaborator in Palestinian eyes. Arafat is thus caught between Israeli and Western pressure to act against the militants, and the popularity of their actions among Palestinians. And, of course, it's partly a dilemma of his own making, by virtue of his Jekyll-and-Hyde relationship to Palestinian militancy over the past year...
...temptation that the girls represent is thus posited as what makes boys cry. The young man’s panel is darker, less colorful than the other two, and it is angled to make him look farther from the girls than he really is. His separation signals his dilemma...