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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...separated from Princess Diana two years ago, will get a divorce himself to marry the woman he loves -- the very predicament that forced his great uncle, King Edward VIII, to abdicate in 1936. Will it be the lady or the throne?TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrandsays that dilemma won't arise, as the Church of England has relaxed its rules on divorce since it forced that choice on Edward. Now, Hillenbrand says, the Church merely forbids a would-be king to marry a Roman Catholic. (Mrs. Parker Bowles's husband is Catholic; she's Protestant.) But the prospect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN . . . QUEEN CAMILLA? | 1/10/1995 | See Source »

Written by Ron Weiner and directed by Dan Cooper, "Galaxy" subverts this dilemma by making fun of its own genre. As the program notes, it is the year 2321, and the Earth's atmosphere has been "rendered uninhabitable." The former earthlings are forced to take shelter in an enclosed biosphere called Dome Federation One. Living under the reign of an oppressive dictatorship, they hold out for the elusive hope of a "New Earth...

Author: By Daley C. Haggar, | Title: Weiner's Premiere Play Astounds With Its Ridiculous Humor Out of This GALAXY | 12/8/1994 | See Source »

...eternity (that -- Get it? -- is the Santa clause buried in some fine print he didn't get a chance to read), and he is understandably skeptical about whether taking over operations at the North Pole is a great career move. To achieve a happy resolution of his dilemma requires the intervention of insistent (and charmless) elves, much desperate plotting and a number of cheesy special effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Too Much of a Gooey | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...course, does he even recognize that they should not even be forced to make any decision concerning the dilemma? They are in the Agee home to document. If they decide to help out financially, that's great. If not, they are not in a position to be blamed for any wrongdoing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rascoff's Criticism Is Misdirected | 11/23/1994 | See Source »

...rise of a new Republican "Solid South" means future Democratic presidential candidates will no longer have to pretend to enjoy stock-car racing. There is a dilemma for Clinton, however, in the fact that there is also no more political capital to be gained in eating prodigious amounts of cooter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happy Days Are Here Again | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

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