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...thought that box of chocolates was sweet. Putting us all to shame, a Winthrop senior arranged a Valentine’s Day treasure hunt for her beau: a gift-giving odyssey through the fair Square. The quest included the Scylla and Charybdis of romantic tchotchkes: the Coop and Globe Bookstore, where tourists and snobs bond over remainder copies of Let’s Go!. Visits to Cardullo’s and other Square standards followed...
...some city councillors, the issue was a political Scylla and Charybdis...
Only by reforming Social Security can we avoid this Scylla and Charybdis. Workers must be allowed to keep some of their payroll taxes to create optional personal retirement accounts. Invested safely in bonds and blue-chip stocks, these accounts would earn higher returns than the current program. And allowing baby boomers to invest for retirement now would greatly decrease the cost of providing benefits when they retire...
Neshat's videos gracefully negotiate between the Scylla of "Isn't this just television?" and the Charybdis of much early video art's stupefying dullness. She's not afraid of narrative, but it does not control the work. To watch Rapture, the viewer stands between two screens, one of men busying themselves with ladders in a fortress, the other of women pushing a boat out from a beach. The groups on the two screens interact. The meaning is open-ended...
...Commentary on spinning the truth [VIEWPOINT, Dec. 25-Jan. 1], Michael Kinsley confused Hobson's choice (no choice at all) with Odysseus' choice between Scylla (the six-headed monster) and Charybdis (the whirlpool). However, a cynic might feel that both Hobson's and Odysseus' predicaments aptly describe the quandary faced by the electorate. HOWARD BARTON Northridge, Calif...