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...House may help Obama out of this dilemma. It passed a bill in July that allows Obama to bring detainees in for trial or detention after the Administration presents a plan for doing so; House negotiators are finalizing similar language in conferences with the Senate this week on a number of non-Defense Department bills that address the issue. A House source says the current hope is that the same language will prevail in the conference for the Defense Department bill. A Senate appropriations aide is less convinced. The Senate won't even consider lifting the ban until it sees...
Williams was recently faced with a dilemma similar to Berry’s: apply to law school, or continue focusing on football in an attempt to get drafted and make it in the NFL. And like Berry, Williams made the decision to follow his heart, and keep doing what he loves...
...Many Democrats will say that we need to wait for the President to submit a plan," said a Democratic leadership aide. "Republicans will say, 'You didn't mind second-guessing George Bush on Iraq.' " Obama's dilemma is this: If he chooses to send more troops, he will have near united Republican support but will divide his own party; if he decides against a counterinsurgency strategy, he will be reversing a campaign promise uniting Democrats, the majority of whom are opposed to an expanded U.S. footprint in Afghanistan. (Read "Afghanistan: Looking for the Way Ahead...
...that gets to Wikipedia's central dilemma. Chi's research suggests that the encyclopedia thrives on chaos - that the more freewheeling it is, the better it can attract committed volunteers who keep adding to its corpus. But over the years, as Wikipedia has added layers of control to bolster accuracy and fairness, it has developed a kind of bureaucracy. "It may be that the bureaucracy is inevitable when a project like this becomes sufficiently important," Chi says. But who wants to participate in a project lousy with bureaucrats...
...this triangular relationship, perhaps elaborating on the reasons why Brown was so staunchly opposed to his friend’s relationship, she could have composed an engaging romance. However, almost directly following the aforementioned argument, the primary source of conflict clumsily segues into Keats’ financial situation. This dilemma only manifests itself through Brawne’s mother and her high-society friends, who make a few mildly disapproving comments about Keats. With the introduction of this subplot, Brown’s coarse wit disappears from the film, eliminating one of its sole sources of entertainment. Campion?...