Word: dilemmas
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...typical hormone-racked female teenager, but rather the established middle-aged English writer, Giles De'Ath, convincingly played by John Hurt. It's a good showcase for Hurt's talents, the pretty performance of Fiona Loewi and the budding skills of Kwietniowski. It also presents an interesting dilemma about how an elderly man reclaims love and youthfulness, but it lacks a sufficient degree of consistent tension and energy to make this a must-see. --Nathaniel Mendelsohn...
...case also resurrected a dilemma the agency faces with problem employees. Ames, who was a heavy drinker and was lackadaisical in his work, should have been dismissed long before he came under suspicion. But the CIA in the past has tended to keep poor performers on the job, even in sensitive positions, fearing they might spill secrets if they got the pink slip. The Groat case shows how "it can become a counterintelligence problem when people go away unhappy," said an Administration official. In or out of the family, an angry spy can be a dangerous...
Despite their different characters, committees face the same dilemma--randomized students didn't choose their House, may not like the House, and both factors may deter them from participating in House events (traditional or not). Committees have to choose whether to encourage new residents to get to know and love the character of the House, or to let the House and its character adjust to the present needs of new residents...
...here is where the focus should be on the regulatory aspect of scientific progress. How intelligent chimerical creatures should be treated is a very real moral dilemma, but it is not necessarily the sole outcome of a scientific study of genetically human/animal beings...
...until you're good and ready. One of the worst things that can happen to an umpire is to find that you've waved a runner "safe" with your hands but with your mouth you've called her "out." Which to believe? Occasions like this raise an interesting philosophical dilemma, testing the umpire's loyalty to action and language, and forcing him to choose between the two. Although actions may speak louder than words, the action is always more easily transformed than the word. Remember, you can always take your waving hand and make a fist...