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What makes the province dilemma unique is Quebec has fallen victim a shrewd political entrepreneur who sees only the glory ahead for himself the founder and first president of a nation a modern George Washington, a Gandhi, a Mandela...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Stealing Quebec | 9/20/1994 | See Source »

Percy's case highlights a key dilemma: how to distinguish kids who may be beyond change from the ones who aren't. In an article in this month's Commentary, James Q. Wilson observes that numerous studies of young criminals tend toward a shared conclusion: in any given age group, only 6% of the boys will be responsible for at least half of the serious crimes committed by all boys of that age. What do those kids have in common? Criminal parents, many of them -- more than half of all kids in long-term juvenile institutions in the U.S. have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: When Kids Go Bad | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

Aware of this dilemma, the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) has sought to aid us in our desperation. As everyone knows, the CUE guide offers a convenient numerical compass in our arduous selection process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Quickie Guide to Picking Courses | 9/16/1994 | See Source »

...prevent companies like Bechtel from taking advantage of the U.S. political system in the future is the larger dilemma. As far as that issue is concerned, Bill Weld and Paul Berlandi are small players in a much larger game...

Author: By Deborah E. Kopald, | Title: The Governor & the Company: An American Saga | 9/14/1994 | See Source »

...drama at the National Theater of Cuba, called A Wall in Havana, speaks eloquently of the country's dilemma. As the play opens, a couple lives separated by a wall: she is an arts director for the government with a string of important titles; he is a photographer living for the moment with few possessions. He -- representing the people -- yearns for her, despite having found a young lover. She -- the government -- is enticed by a young love but rejects him. In the end, he is alone, using a pickax to batter at the wall. On the other side, she pulls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's a Poor Patriot to Do? | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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