Word: dilemmas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Domrin, a member of the Supreme Soviet for the last three years, attempted to debunk the idea that President Yeltsin and his government stood for democratic reform in a battle against a reactionary Parliament. "I do not believe the assumptions of this dilemma are totally true," Domrin said...
...concept, among other virtues, helped establish the dignity of the individual and led ultimately to liberal humanism. There was, however, a liability: a personal God could easily become no more than a projection of humankind's limited hopes and fears; in short, an idol. Seeking to escape this dilemma, mystical traditions, which emerged in all three religions, taught that God was to be experienced -- albeit by a dedicated elite -- rather than defined. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the mystical Sufi movement was the dominant force within Islam. In the 15th century, facing persecution and exile, European Jews found solace...
...First, a dilemma. How will we homeopathic nuts choose which store to frequent? The case with which one can feel at home in any boutique like that in the Square--most of them lining the increasingly chic lower Brattle Street area--is not unlike the comfort one feels when entering a McDonald's in a foreign land. Here is a new kind of home, a place where everything produces, a warm deja vu, a place where there is no worry the background music of Yanni can't cure...
...collective awakening to our economic dilemma is at least a positive step. What's not positive--and may be ultimately dangerous--is the lack of an electoral channel for this revelation. Ross Perot, who has done so much to create the newfound awareness, is still the only visible politician with credibility on the issue...
...dilemma is, if any university performsexceedingly well close to a [capital] campaign,you kind of wonder why they need they money," hesaid. "And if they do exceedingly poorly, youwonder why you should give them the money if theycan't manage it. You're sort of damned if you doand damned...