Word: dilemmas
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...Once again we are in the dilemma of interviewing highly qualified people and having to tell them that we can only keep them on for eight years," he said...
...they admit their own past discrimination to justify such a program, they risk suits by blacks. If they do nothing, they stand to lose valuable federal contracts and be sued by blacks anyway. As usual, the Justices gave no hint as to how they plan to resolve the legal dilemma. But on their decision, which is expected this spring, hangs a question that could affect all Americans: Who gets ahead in the nation's workplaces...
Crucial to progress toward a broader peace is help from Saudi Arabia and Jordan. James Noyes, a Saudi affairs expert at Berkeley's Institute of International Studies, observes that Saudi Arabia is in "an exquisite dilemma. It has to support Sadat but condemn him at the same time." Without help, Sadat could fall, throwing the future role of Egypt into confusion...
...when citizens are up in arms over soaring prices, workers are pressing for higher wages, and the White House is looking for someone, or something, to blame for its losing battle against inflation. In these circumstances, last week's report of an earnings surge created a serious political dilemma for President Carter and a public relations migraine for business...
Many speakers compared the nuclear power dilemma to the controversy surrounding the Vietnam War a decade ago. Zinn said, "The same people who brought us Vietnam and who watched people die in mines and mills are still in power...