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...Aquino's only agenda is to put an end to martial law. He doesn't have an organization, or a positive program in government. That's the dilemma: How to you promote change without an alternative operational program? Now that the government is not as strong in the Philippines, the terrorists are stronger. It's a cruel choice, the source adds. The source concludes that the U.S. has to find a way of supporting the kind of government that would permit change, implying that Aquino might not be the best choice to promote U.S. interests in what the source terms...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Man in the Middle | 9/26/1980 | See Source »

Despite Kania's talk of moderation and reform, doubt remained about his intentions. His freedom of action was limited in any case by the dilemma he had inherited from Gierek: repudiation of the agreements would spark renewed labor upheavals, yet the establishment of truly independent unions would irk Moscow. For the present, he seemed to be feeling his way, seeking a balance between the workers' expectations and the Kremlin's imperatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: A New Party Boss Takes Charge | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

...most sinister side of the chemical-waste threat may be the very uncertainty of its ultimate impact. Adding to the dilemma is the fact that past disposal practices have been so haphazard that no one knows just how much chemical garbage must be cleared up-or even where it is. The producers, the users and the ultimate disposers of the chemicals have not been required to keep records on what they did with waste material. Most companies stack it in barrels on back lots. Some pay haulers to cart it to reprocessing plants, high-temperature incinerators or landfills where thick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Poisoning of America | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

...slept with his wife's best friends and his best friends' wives and no one trusts him any longer. At first a farcial, light-hearted portrayal of an over extended, frantic womanizer, the film becomes a dramatic, often poignant probing of Edouard's moral and psychological dilemma...

Author: By Robert L. Liebman, | Title: ON SCREEN | 9/18/1980 | See Source »

...room for half a year and discovers the meaning of life by staring at a pack of Camel cigarettes. She promises to marry an Arab Sheik, provided he builds her a pyramid. The Woodpecker eventually gets out of the clink, meets her in the pyramid and reiterates the dilemma of transitory love. The sheik bombs the pyramid. The princess and the frog go deaf and, maybe, learn to make love stay. They live happily ever after...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Stillborn Still Life | 9/18/1980 | See Source »

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