Word: dilemmas
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...limited by the speed of light, he proves not that the future is not determined--only that we cannot tell what it is. Admitting this shortcoming, Popper explains that although he cannot prove that indeterminism is right, he can offer a number of arguments why it should be. This dilemma is the least satisfying element in an otherwise effective and successful study...
...council scored its first major victory by providing College officials with a workable solution to the storage dilemma. By launching an intensive research effort into available campus space and negotiating with officials face-to-face instead of through empty resolutions, the new student government was able to head off the misguided storage plan, even though the decision was all but final in administrative circles. Council leaders demonstrated that student concerns can be heard and accommodated if they are backed by research and reasoning. In short, the council set a precedent for stellar representation...
...short run as they are wasteful in the long run. In a windowless office in the basement of the U.S. Capitol, where 18 congressional staffers known as the "bean counters" scratch for potential savings in the defense budget, a small sign on the wall sums up the dilemma: A BILLION DOLLARS JUST DOESN'T go AS FAR AS IT USED...
...decrease in tank production and 95% drop in fighter-plane construction over 30 years is only the most obvious manifestation of the huge sacrifices of quantity being made to achieve technological sophistication. The Navy's decision to retire 22 ships this year starkly illustrates the dilemma. It placed the ships in mothballs in order to comply with a congressional order that it trim the sails of its 1983 spending. But the Navy did not want to cut planned procurement of new ships. Of the 13 Forrest Sherman-class escort destroyers that were retired, twelve had been extensively overhauled within...
...budget dilemma cannot be ignored for long. TIME's economists agreed that unless action is taken to reduce the deficit, the recovery will sputter and stall. Without a doubt, forcing the Government to live within its means will be one of the greatest economic challenges of the decade. -By Charles P. Alexander