Word: dilemmas
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Although they were inevitable, given the circumstances, Carter's actions last week left him with an acute dilemma. The steps he took do not seem tough enough to force the Iranians to release the hostages. But if he takes any firmer action, he could drive the Iranians into the arms of the Soviets and perhaps run the risk of arousing Muslim sentiment against the U.S. throughout the Middle East...
...Energy Dilemma...
...Palestinians, TIME'S editors drew on reporting by many of our bureaus, especially those in the region itself. From Jerusalem came files not only from Bureau Chief Dean Fischer but also from two people who, Fischer says, help make his post a "private seminar on the Middle East dilemma." One is Correspondent David Halevy, a native Israeli who has reported for TIME since 1969; the other is Nafez Nazzal, a U.S.-educated Palestinian who was born on the West Bank, heads the Middle East studies department at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah and advises TIME on West Bank affairs...
Begin's hard-line policies have also created a painful dilemma for American Jews. Though they have traditionally supported whoever held power in Israel, they now find it increasingly difficult to justify the present government's actions. Reflecting this ambivalence, a senior staffer in the Washington office of a national Jewish organization told TIME: "There's a silent majority that opposes the settlements. They think Begin is hurting Israel's image. He looks too much like a tough guy, especially pushing on Hebron. But American Jews will not tell Israel how to ensure its security. Nothing...
...internality of action in Terry Rex (much is thought, little happens) presents a dramatic dilemma for Leib, what might be called the problem of the inactive character. Talk, even when it is not "soap talk," is still talk, and begins, after a while, to beg for action. But Leib prefaces Terry Rex with the performance of Terry Won't Talk. This play, after all, is the product of Terry's mind, and serves to mirror that mind, highlighting in dumbshow the roiling preoccupations which, although related to Terry's burden of the past, more directly prevent him from writing...