Word: dilemmas
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When the tiny, very pretty freshman from Providence College took the stand, Tyson finally had to cede his searchlight-spotlight to a co-star. At that moment the sense of the procedure finally shifted from a test of a celebrity's mettle, or the dilemma of Tyson the legend vs. Tyson the man, to a familiarly tragic story of men's dangerous urges and women's rightful fears...
Politicians and diplomats have already coined a phrase, "the crisis of peace," for the postwar dilemma. Aside from the obstacles posed by unrepentant zealots on both sides in the protracted political struggle, there is a legitimate question about whether the country will function any better united than it does when bloodily riven. Poverty, social inequality, overreliance on U.S. financial handouts, simmering disputes over land and ideology, and a choking residue of hatred from the war all conspire against success in rebuilding the shattered land. Says National Assembly Vice President Ruben Zamora, who is close to the insurgents: "Peace generates huge...
...Western world grown accustomed to drawing facile distinctions between villains and heroes as it witnessed one political convolution after another, Algeria's crisis posed a jarring dilemma: Which takes precedence -- democratic principles or geopolitical self-interest? The U.S. initially appeared to support the annulment of the election by contending that the generals, whose intervention had the support of a handful of civilian leaders, acted constitutionally when they appointed a council to fill the vacant presidency. In fact, the 1989 Algerian constitution makes no such provision. A day later, officials declared that Washington would not stake out a position...
...there is a genuine dilemma. Rumors can become so thick and widespread that not to report their existence -- even if they cannot be proved -- becomes a kind of dishonesty. The Washington Post once got in trouble for publishing a rumor without proof it was true, and defended itself editorially on grounds that, well, it's true there was a rumor. Much chortling and indignation at that. But it's not a worthless point. Past profiles of Clinton, in TIME and elsewhere, have reported vague rumors about marital infidelity as exactly that, and rightly...
Nearly paralyzed by the dilemma, Bush departed last week on a nakedly political tour of the Pacific Rim to beseech Japan and other countries to buy more U.S. products. He left top aides feverishly at work on the much ballyhooed growth package that he plans to present in his Jan. 28 State of the Union message...