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...solution Oz offers to the dilemma Israel faces is an idealistic pluralism, the open admission and consideration of all dissenting views. It is the cacophony of public opinion in which Oz places hope for Israel's future. Even the structure of the book reflects the variety and contradictions in which he delights. As he said at a forum at Harvard on November 9, "It is better to be severely divided than artificially united...

Author: By Lavea Brachman, | Title: The Land of Oz | 11/17/1983 | See Source »

Rauch's interpretation succeeds in generalizing Yerma's dilemma into a cross-cultural experience. Rauch tones down the Spanish influences until there are only subtle suggestions of it in the delicate frill of a classical guitar and the fringed shawl that Yerma drapes over her head. And in this he excels; the villagers could belong to any village. Juan's possessive sisters to any brother and Yerma's pain to any women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Overambition | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...Every time she is forced to tell a lie or a half-truth, she just kind of chokes, and at times you cannot help wishing she would just make up her mind. As the emotional bonds that form between Helene and the in-laws grow stronger, however. Helene's dilemma becomes increasingly difficult to solve...

Author: By Hanne-marie Majala, | Title: Harlequin Romance | 11/15/1983 | See Source »

President Gemayel's visit to Washington will create a dilemma for the Reagan Administration. Having sponsored the Israeli-Lebanese withdrawal agreement, the U.S. is committed to it. At a time when it is hoping that Israel will agree to take a more active role in the region, the U.S. will find it difficult to weaken its support for an agreement the Israelis consider important. Yet the U.S. also believes that national reconciliation is the only road to stability for Lebanon, and may have to make a gesture of support for the only result so far of the Geneva conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: New Bloodshed, New Hope | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...same time. A man who flaunts his sex appeal is not presumed to have forfeited his status as a thinking and dignified being. A women, on the other hand, has a tougher choice to make--between appreciation in the sexual game and life's other arenas. It is a dilemma imposed on her by a common male tendency to attribute masculine desires to a woman's character. A corollary which may be a revelation to some men. A women's chest sizes has nothing to do with sex drive (except perhaps yours, upon viewing a pair). The myth that...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: A Post-Feminist Letter to Men | 11/10/1983 | See Source »

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