Word: dilemma
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Despite the disappointment, the Administration found reason for some encouragement in the week's events. Along with Raja'i, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini himself seemed ready to resolve the dilemma. The Ayatullah personally approved Iran's answer before it was transmitted to the U.S. by Algerian intermediaries. Muskie speculated that Khomeini's involvement signaled a "new phase" in the negotiations. Another hopeful sign seemed to lie in the fact that the Iranians were no longer talking in terms of a possible phased release of their captives, a notion the U.S. has flatly rejected...
Reagan will now use the untested, and controversial, program of large budget reductions and tax cuts to fight the new dilemma: high interest rates, growth, roaring and persistent unemployment. The well-being of American business during 1981 and for years to come will rest on the outcome of that experiment...
Kundera's people face a shared dilemma. Should they try to remember, when the memories of happier times only mock the bleak, estranged present? Would it not be more sensible to shrug off the past, to laugh it away? No simple answers emerge...
...committee's proposal now stands, students face a dilemma. They may accept the Dowling proposal or they may hold out for real power. Accepting the new student government could mean impotence, loss of energy, and more frustration--or it could mean a base to work from, better funding, and equal student-Faculty representation on several key advisory committees. In either case, the ultimate goal--student autonomy in some policy areas and effective influence in others--will endure, inside or outside student government
...possible that the legislature-meeting in special session this week-will be able to solve the T's management dilemma by Friday. But instead of opting for a quick bail-out that will leave the system unchanged until the same thing happens next year, the legislature and the Advisory Board's should let the subways shut for a few days if they cannot agree on changes in management and funding, time enough to let pressure mount on King and the Carmen's Union. A remedy that doesn't reverse the process by which King has sold out the taxpayers...