Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...clearest indication that there's no simple answer to the spanking dilemma, though, is that some professionals who work with parents to prevent child abuse and teach appropriate discipline methods also acknowledge spanking their kids--albeit sparingly. Right or wrong, for most parents, spanking remains a private matter...
...employees are an astute lot. They know that "city hall" has a lock on policy and dissent. Thus today's issues of conscience and morality will inevitably lead to Washington newsrooms. It is equally inevitable that the CIA will take stern steps to stop the hemorrhaging. Hence the dilemma and the fear of the CIA and the Administration--not only that CIA employees may go public but also that some will be prepared to take the consequences. The American people will not be indifferent to the moral issues involved. Americans may view the legalities involved as irrelevant in the face...
...flowery speeches bemoaning his fate and defending the divine right of kings, he comes across as more whiny than righteously aggrieved: cheer up, emo king. Director Adam G. Zalisk ’07, working from an adaptation by Jeremy R. Funke ’04, solved this dilemma by refusing to play it straight, undercutting many of the most dramatic lines with sarcasm or drunkenness (or a combination of the two). Speeches that could have had an air of pathos were delivered with a dismissive eye roll. Even when Richard (Brian C. Polk ’09) is in trouble...
...more insidious, argument prevalent at Harvard is that global challenges are too big and complex to tackle, and that conflicts closer to home have to be fixed first. We have to focus on the most immediate and tangible issues, people say, if a movement is to be successful. The dilemma is that there are always going to be local problems to solve, and therefore, the afflictions of people far away (who need help the most) always go unaddressed. These are sad times if the challenges facing the globe are too difficult for students at one of the most prestigious universities...
...today’s Harvard women graduate and confront the world of careers, marriages, and children, they too will face the dilemma my mother faced 20-some years ago. Many will choose the life of conference calls and long hours at a desk. Of those who have children in addition to jobs, many will feel constantly worried that they are not giving their children enough time and interest. Those who forgo mothering will sometimes feel the gap of not having children. They will reassure themselves, of course, that their work is more fulfilling than mothering could ever...