Word: dilemmas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...past, Frank has spoken at Harvard about the need for gay rights in the military. But he says he understands the dilemma the University is facing on the issue of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, which denies gays and lesbians the opportunity to participate in the financial aid for military service program...
Today, however, the evil that focused the classand the nation on civil rights has been confused.In the '60s, Southern white violence againstBlacks brought to public attention what GunnarMyrdal called the "American dilemma"--the conflictbetween America's democratic values and itstreatment of Blacks...
...abortion? Her decision to go ahead and have the child was in harmony with the Administration's pro-life convictions. Why criticize her then? Harrumph: she should never have got pregnant in the first place. Or, more pertinently: the creators of the program should not have concocted the pregnancy dilemma for Murphy, thereby making her ultimate choice seem like a legitimizing and glamourizing of single motherhood...
...communities and lays them out, intelligently and with brutal honesty. As Stevens reflects on his actions, he turns to the audience with a compelling challenge: "what would you do?" he asks. Although it's a formidable question to ponder, the viewers have no choice. Duke's film makes Stevens' dilemma remarkably immediate...
Such was his state of mind. Frank's was even more tormented. Like Bill, he had initially decided on one way of coping with the dilemma posed by the war and the draft, then had second thoughts. After a miserable year, he concluded that it was a mistake to cut himself off from his family and his country, so he went home to Spokane to sort out his life. He was unable to do so. On Sept. 12, 1971, he killed himself. I called Bill with the news. There was nothing slick in his grief...