Word: dilemmas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hasidic story tells of a man who approaches his rebbe with a dilemma. "I have slandered my colleagues," the man says. "What can I do to take back what I have said?" The rebbe replies, "Take a pillow from your house, bring it outside into the center of town, and shake it as hard as you can until all the feathers blow away. Then come back to me." The man, impressed that his problem has such a simple solution, does exactly as the rebbe tells him, shaking out the feathers in the pillowcase until they have all blown away, carried...
...anomalous because the statements and actions of its racist top brass are now public knowledge. As journalist Ellis Cose proved in The Rage of a Privileged Class, black employees throughout corporate America often must struggle against subtle glass ceilings as well as outright racial hostility. The solution to this dilemma may well be more--not less--affirmative action. Without explicit and enforced preference programs, black advancement may be stifled at token levels...
...Schaffer states that she "...would rather have a bicyclist hit a pedestrian than a car hit a bicyclist." I must confess that I have only received one year of Harvard's fine education, but I believe that is what is known as a "false dilemma." Nonetheless, Ms. Schaffer is compelled to make this agonizing choice because the seven minutes required to cross Harvard Yard on foot is "...to much for most Harvard students to sacrifice." Apparently a few minutes of time in the interests of public safety constitutes an unconscionable infringement of right, but injuries sustained under the wheels...
Finally, in response to Ms. Schaffer's question, "Have you ever tried to bike through Harvard Square on the street?" I answer, "Yes, daily." When the traffic becomes too heavy, I walk, thus sparing myself her "kill-or-be-killed" dilemma. --Wade Markel GSAS, Dept. of History
...They will obviously think ill of you," the student says. "It poses a dilemma for a student. It doesn't seem worth the risk of upsetting the board that will likely adjudicate your case...