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...generous welfare increases. He also faces potential union unrest. There is the danger that the hefty wage boost he granted to the coal miners (up to 30% in some cases) will embolden other workers when their contracts expire this year. This could land Wilson in the same dilemma that led to Heath's recent electoral defeat: a battle with the unions to restrain wage demands in order to hold back inflation...
...there was a very critical phrase that caused us great annoyance. It said that both parties agreed on military relaxation in the area. Military relaxation meant that the state of no war-no peace that had prevailed here, and that had caused us all our trouble and our dilemma, would continue. The next year, [at] the Washington summit, it was obvious that the two superpowers had gone a step further. It was quite clear from the communiqué that our problem had been put in the freezer again. So, believe me, when I took this decision...
These cases illustrate a vexing dilemma now confronting modern medicine: Should lives of retarded infants or those with multiple birth defects be prolonged-at great cost in manpower, money and anguish-especially if the life that is preserved will almost certainly be one of pain or merely vegetable-like existence...
...Senators faced a dilemma last week: not a landmark decision on war or peace, but a last-minute decision on whether or not to vote themselves a salary increase. Simply by not acting by week's end, members of Congress would have automatically assured themselves a raise approved by President Nixon, from $42,500 to $45,700 immediately and to $52,800 by 1976. The pay package would also have given increases to Cabinet members, federal judges and about 5,000 federal officials. Considering that inflation has eaten up nearly 30% of the last increase that Congressmen allowed themselves...
...hiring four years ago. But the proposed penalty--dismissal--is like cutting off the hands of a shoplifter; the punishment does not parallel the crime. Lack of a degree has in no way diminished Horovitz's ability as a writer or teacher. Perhaps City College could solve its dilemma by publicly and freely admitting its sloppiness and reprimanding Horovitz...