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...This dilemma seems to be a preoccupation for Anthony Burgess. A Clockwork Orange, his most famous novel written nearly 20 years ago, involves a furious debate on free will that rages behind the grim plot of a state-financed venture to save the soul of an ultra-violent gangleader. In his latest work, Earthly Powers, Burgess continues this debate through the fictional portrayal of a homosexual author obsessed with the question of human will and its relation to religion. Whereas the earlier book depended on its tersely futuristic narrative and frighteningly gruesome story-line for its remarkable success, the moral...
...Dreyfus dilemma is shared by many of his fellow Governors, especially in states that have adopted strong tax limitation measures. After the 1978 passage of California's Proposition 13, which slashed property levies by 57%, tax-cut fever spread across the nation like an exotic strain of flu. Yet state officials, who only a year or two ago were burning with the fever, now find themselves trying to balance their budgets, keep from raising taxes, and avoid cutting back on services - all at the same time. Even where there have not been moves to limit taxes, the Reagan Administration...
...American foreign policy dilemma is a familiar one: how to maintain the U.S. commitment to Israel's existence within secure...
Western Europe clearly faces the frustrating choice of dependence upon unstable Middle East supplies or questionable Soviet ones. Says British Energy Expert Jonathan Stern: "Western critics simply don't acknowledge the realities of Europe's energy dilemma. Europe is a big net energy importer, and it has to get its fuel some place." Given that situation, the West European decision seems unavoidable. - By Alexander Taylor...
Three proposed bills designed with the laudable aim of relaxing the hated pass laws and giving urban blacks greater mobility in jobs and places of residence are so complex that they end by entrapping their would-be beneficiaries in a Catch-22 dilemma: no jobs without housing, no housing without a guaranteed...