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Doctorow's dilemma reflects the conflict between purists and realists. Will the popularity of books on tape further erode the interest in reading? Or should we welcome any new literary medium -- even a slightly degraded one like books on tape? One hopeful sign is that despite the boom in audio books, sales of hardcovers and paperbacks have not fallen. Just as Hollywood once feared the advent of videocassettes but later discovered they fed rather than discouraged interest in movies, books on tape may actually promote the cause of literature. Four hours of Doctorow or McCarthy is better than nothing, especially...
Myrlie Evers had spent 48 hours at the bedside of her terminally ill husband, Walter Williams. She struggled over a dilemma. She wanted to stay with him at the hospital in Portland, Oregon, but she was a board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and an emergency meeting had been called. It was across the country, in Baltimore. Should she even think of going? Her husband gave her his answer: "That meeting is too important. You have to be there...
...Devil's Dilemma in Rwanda...
...what North Korea promises if we do anything serious to stop its nuclear program. And war is a serious thing. One might argue that the world's only superpower ought not be intimidated by the threats of a third-rate power. Still, one can sympathize with the President's dilemma: Risk G.I. lives today in order to avert a nuclear threat tomorrow...
...network filth-mongers themselves haven't realized the extent of their degradation just yet; they are too busy grappling with a present dilemma precipitated by the profusion of grotes-queries. The next courtroom appearance for O.J. happens to coincide exactly with that of the infamous Menendez brothers. The latter celebrities are to undergo a ritual which the Simpson case has elevated from legalistic obscurity to event of national import: the "pre-trial" hearing. Why waste time on self-examination when the really crucial question is yet to be decided: Which freak gets top billing in the rogue's gallery...