Word: dilemma
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...blaming Kerry avoids the real dilemma. The Democrats have lost a good slice of less educated, less wealthy white Protestant and Catholic voters. Their economic issues are not nearly as compelling as the Republicans' religious appeal. There is a good reason for that, and it has to do, oddly enough, with a reality oft cited by Democrats and ignored by Republicans: the middle-class squeeze. Most "values" voters are the "average" folks John Edwards was talking about throughout the campaign: Mom and Dad both working, spending less time with their kids and falling behind economically. The Democrats address only...
...Last week in Washington, Bush had some hopeful things to say about the Middle East (see cover stories). But words are cheap. Blair didn't get his grand gesture, at least not yet - and that failure underscores not just his dilemma, but Europe's, as it looks ahead to four more years of a U.S. President not given to taking outside counsel. "The Middle East is one issue on which the Europeans all agree," says François Heisbourg, director of the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research. "Even in Paris, it is clearly understood that the peace process...
...Moroccan parents. He was by all accounts a good student, and his family attended a moderate mosque. He may have moved toward fundamentalist Islam after the death of his mother two years ago. Though he initially sought to fit into Dutch culture, he may have faced the same dilemma as other young Dutch Muslims, caught between their parents' old Islamic ways and an unaccepting modern Dutch society. "They're living between two different worlds," says Van Houcke. "They can feel in 1,001 ways that we consider them lower than us." Driven by economics as well as culture, the conflict...
...voters cited the "personal qualities" of the candidates. And 17% cited "traditional values" like "the way people live their lives." In other words, nuance surfing and windsurfing and Kerry's diffidence about his faith were as damaging to Democrats as homosexuality and abortion. But blaming Kerry avoids the real dilemma. The Democrats have lost a good slice of less educated, less wealthy white Protestant and Catholic voters. Their economic issues are not nearly as compelling as the Republicans' religious appeal. There is a good reason for that, and it has to do, oddly enough, with a reality oft cited...
...because it’s virtually impossible to accept more than one transfer per year, the Crimson was faced with the enviable dilemma of choosing between Mathews and the kid from Northwestern...