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This sounds like the makings of an interesting movie, especially given the connections with Simon's real-life career, but in trying to weave together the dilemma of Jonah's private and professional lives, the movie touches superficially on many issues without clearly defining any of them. It becomes an amalgam of tension-filled scenes that often bear little relation to one another and that rarely reach any resolution...
...dilemma faced by HUERA's sincere and sometimes ingenuous president is not an anomaly among the University's top union representatives. On the one hand, they all must faithfully defered the best interests of their unions. On the other, they must find some way to deal effectively with the University's stubborn attitude toward its support services. Ed Powers, Harvard's chief contract negotiator and counsel for labor relations, once said, "It would be a shame to drain resources unnecessarily to our support services. Harvard is primarily an educational institution...
...statesmanlike as possible in his response to the Majlis vole and thus blunt the inevitable criticism that his Administration was manipulating the hostage crisis to increase the President's chances of re-election:? How could he at the same time be presidential, political and humane? It was an exquisite dilemma. As one Carter aide was to put it the next day, "They've sure...
Mugabe has been at pains to dismiss any notions that his government will also be on trial (see box). He has insisted that pure justice will be done. But no matter how the trial turns out, it seems certain to confront Mugabe with a no-win dilemma. If Tekere is convicted, it would bolster confidence in the Mugabe government's commitment to the rule of law. But a conviction would also have its hidden dangers. It would be likely to enrage Tekere's numerous and fiercely loyal guerrilla followers as well as his radical supporters within ZANU...
This election presents a dilemma: the three major candidates do not deserve the presidency, and most votes for one will be votes cast against the others. Surely, the voters are reminded, there are gradations of evil. Surely, many reason, Carter is worth supporting, if only to keep Reagan away from the button and the Supreme Court. The argument is sound in some ways; Carter is pertibly less unnerving than Reagan. But the difference between the men is not large enough to warrant support of Carter. If the incumbent represented the spirit of the Democratic Party, if he stood even...