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  • Sophie needed Langdon for herself, and it was this dilemma that left Sophie only one logical conclusion.†   (source)
  • "Oh this is no use," Hermione said, snapping shut Weird Wizarding Dilemmas.†   (source)
  • He wasn't sure the book would help them out of their dilemma.†   (source)
  • Some stood a little way back from him, as if this absolved them of the handshake dilemma, while others hoisted the knees of their trousers and crouched down almost at his feet.†   (source)
  • He would have liked some time to consider his new dilemma, but in less than a minute he was standing outside the metal door to Mr. Curtain's office.†   (source)
  • Mrs. Shultz is a sturdy lady who probably secretly appreciates the value of a swift kick well placed, and although she told me that it would be better if I let other people work out their own dilemmas, she definitely understood about Shelly Stalls and her hair and told me she was glad I'd had the self-control to do nothing more than restrain her.†   (source)
  • For Mrs. Mooreland, the party posed an agonizing dilemma.†   (source)
  • I told Morrie about my generation's dilemma with having children, how we often saw them as tying us down, making us into these "parent" things that we did not want to be.†   (source)
  • I was lucky he thought at all and didn't just pull out his gun and shoot me, resolving in a second the dilemma presented to him by this little Jewish boy.†   (source)
  • That is what the staff sergeant said," Alhaji said, explaining the dilemma we faced.†   (source)
  • Abandonment, guilt, betrayal: the boy in front of me would consider them banal dilemmas.†   (source)
  • That resolves my dilemma fast.†   (source)
  • The scene was novel, the spectators were an unusual element, but the dilemma was familiar enough: how to keep the peace and not humiliate her mother.†   (source)
  • He knew he would find answers to his dilemma.†   (source)
  • I'm not sure whether to invite her in or close the door while I change, but she solves this dilemma by bustling in and sitting on the bed.†   (source)
  • Everyone listened as I explained my dilemma.†   (source)
  • A little private moral dilemma.†   (source)
  • You can understand my dilemma.†   (source)
  • Seeing the cause of my current dilemma calmly pitching his tent back at our site makes me furious.†   (source)
  • The troll faced a dilemma — which female to eat first.†   (source)
  • Belky understands Maraa Isabel's dilemma.†   (source)
  • A dilemma?†   (source)
  • But we were not close enough to see details of the dilemma she faced.†   (source)
  • He faced a painful dilemma: By raising a dragon, he could become a Rider.†   (source)
  • She refused, and I could understand her dilemma.†   (source)
  • He seemed to be wavering, torn by some internal dilemma.†   (source)
  • And we faced the same dilemma: the only escape was to go down, but our only defensive strategy was to go up.†   (source)
  • The answers may have to do with psychological dilemmas, with spiritual crises, with historical or social or political concerns.†   (source)
  • That night after prayer-time the six of us faced our dilemma.†   (source)
  • He is wracking his mind with vast cosmological dilemmas.†   (source)
  • …Hope's Edge (2003), Matthew Scully's Dominion (2003), Carlo Petrini's Slow Food (2004), Deborah Koons Garcia's The Future of Food (2004), Morgan Spurlock's Supersize Me (2004), Franny Armstrong's McLibel (2005), Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma (2006), Aaron Woolf's King Corn (2008), Raj Patel's Stuffed and Starved (2008), Robby Kenner's Food, Inc. (2009), Barry Estabrook's Tomatoland (2011), the reporting of Tom Philpott, the essays of Corby Kummer and Mark Bittman, the many books…†   (source)
  • We understood his dilemma, yet we didn't want him to leave us.†   (source)
  • All I require is that you be willing to look at your subject from a personal perspective, that is, how the dilemma affects you.†   (source)
  • Yet another dilemma worthy of Papa's Talmudic thinking.†   (source)
  • There was no large city with a vaster torment we might use to see our own dilemma in some soothing perspective.†   (source)
  • "It occurs to me," said Hodge, "that the dilemmas of power are always the same."†   (source)
  • As it happened, I had that same morning been giving thought to the dilemma of whether or not I was expected to reciprocate my employer's bantering, and had been seriously worried at how he might be viewing my repeated failure to respond to such openings.†   (source)
  • I spent the rest of the evening debating the pros and cons of my dilemma.†   (source)
  • "I can see your dilemma," he says.†   (source)
  • He now faced another dilemma.†   (source)
  • "That's their dilemma.†   (source)
  • This is our latest little dilemma.†   (source)
  • Additional personnel didn't really solve my dilemma, however.†   (source)
  • What Phaedrus had been presented with by the faculty of the English department of Montana State College was an ancient logical construct known as a dilemma.†   (source)
  • A man might easily be embittered by such circumstances, but Nels made it a point not to struggle unnecessarily with life's unresolvable dilemmas.†   (source)
  • But it is clear that modern medicine has created a serious dilemma.†   (source)
  • Then Bailey solved my dilemma.†   (source)
  • The fact that tonight was a maybe date created more dilemmas for Dan.†   (source)
  • She had learned to analyse the consequences and so she had come to the conclusion that the easiest way out of this present dilemma was to satisfy the Guardianship Agency by behaving as if she cared about what they had to say.†   (source)
  • I remember hearing them discussed in our barracks, quietly, as if Ku Klux Klansmen lurked outside the window, the same way my brothers discussed our dilemma during the brief stay in Boyle Heights, before the evacuation.†   (source)
  • Mrs. Johnson's reluctance to answer conveyed her dilemma, and Nye (who later wrote of her, "Through-out the interview she remained composed and most gracious.†   (source)
  • It was a dilemma: you wanted to be a year older, you did not want The Treatment, and you couldn't have one without the other.†   (source)
  • As Maryam and Ali played with Reza and Essey's two children, we all searched for some solution to the current dilemma.†   (source)
  • Jim, across the way, stood facing the same dilemma, in his room.†   (source)
  • This presented us with a dilemma.†   (source)
  • And pounding forward with a rush came the ugly Dilemma, snorting steam and looking intently for someone to catch on the ends of his long pointed horns, while his hoofs bit eagerly at the ground.†   (source)
  • What a wonderful dilemma.†   (source)
  • That's a dilemma.†   (source)
  • But hey, we might be fish out of water, but at least we had escaped the horns of our dilemma to a silver lining, as Mami might say.†   (source)
  • We throw up our hands at a problem phrased in an abstract way, but have no difficulty at all solving the same problem rephrased as a social dilemma.†   (source)
  • A pair of economists who heard of this dilemma—it turned out to be a rather common one—offered a solution: fine the tardy parents.†   (source)
  • You have to appreciate the dilemma the Soviets face, a choice between two equally unattractive scenarios.†   (source)
  • Which led us to the reason for our own dilemma.†   (source)
  • It also created a perilous dilemma.†   (source)
  • "That shall be your dilemma," I can't help adding with a smile.†   (source)
  • Faced with a dilemma, Ben and Charles started a massive campaign to lobby both Congress and the Senate to pass a special resolution, to change my status and allow me U.S. citizenship a year ahead of the usual qualifying time.†   (source)
  • Their dilemma was solved when a woman suddenly burst into song.†   (source)
  • Then, in 1939, war in Europe appeared to offer Japan a fortuitous way out of its dilemma.†   (source)
  • No matter what our dilemma, it seems he can always come up with some way to resolve it.†   (source)
  • A sadness pervaded it all, sadness for my own weakness and my own awful dilemma.†   (source)
  • He was pinched perspinngly in the epistemological dilemma of the skeptic, unable to accept solutions to problems he was unwilling to dismiss as unsolvable.†   (source)
  • He's a trailblazing professor of education at the University of Illinois who often works at solving the dilemmas of educating the urban poor.†   (source)
  • In the second century, the great Gnostic master Valentinus resolved the damnable dilemma by claiming that Jesus ate and drank, but did not defecate.†   (source)
  • NOW HE had a serious dilemma.†   (source)
  • He had never heard of any athletic team having such a dilemma.†   (source)
  • Fifty years after Murrow wrote those words, we remain haunted by the same dilemmas, trapped between hope and fear.†   (source)
  • Once the dilemma had been clearly stated, could she pretend things were otherwise?†   (source)
  • A blow to my head as I danced about sent my right eye popping like a jack-in-the-box and settled my dilemma.†   (source)
  • But denying any allegations made by me isn't the core of your dilemma.†   (source)
  • He saw acutely and painfully the dilemma of the French Alliance.†   (source)
  • I explained my dilemma.†   (source)
  • Wasn't it the human dilemma to dream of being part of the larger community but, in the face of everlasting death, always to operate on personal and family imperatives?†   (source)
  • She looked pleadingly at her mother for help in this dilemma, and the older woman patted her shoulder and whispered in her ear, "Go on now.†   (source)
  • We discussed and explored lengthily for some pacific way out of the dilemma, but even when half a year had passed since Anne's marriage we were no nearer reaching it.†   (source)
  • Max sat down to take a breather, perusing some of the spines before him: Great Works of the Nineteenth Century, Art of the Baroque, Secret Techniques of the Old Masters, Dada and Surrealism, The Genius of Rembrandt, Hidden Symbols of Bernini, A Renaissance of Art and Man, Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, The Postmodern Dilemma … "David," Max hissed, overwhelmed by the thick books and unfamiliar names.†   (source)
  • No one could help me decide—my family understood my dilemma.†   (source)
  • To use a cliche, Renault, we are locked on the horns of a dilemma.†   (source)
  • The operation presented Kennedy with a major dilemma.†   (source)
  • If I say that that is the dilemma you've put me in, would you help me by answering a personal question?†   (source)
  • It was not a dilemma of language but of emotion and persona.†   (source)
  • He thought over the dilemma for a good five seconds and then asked, "You sure you want to help?"†   (source)
  • April 5, Thursday (our second track meet presents a small dilemma) We had our second track meet today.†   (source)
  • The Achaeans were reduced to the dilemma of submitting to Cleomenes or requesting the aid of Macedon, its former oppressor.†   (source)
  • He looked to the shard for an answer to his dilemma and found a duplicate crystal laying next to the first.†   (source)
  • Her beauty was both a blessing and a curse and presented me with a fascinating dilemma when it came to picking a jury.†   (source)
  • Since you have to eat to live, you're left with a dilemma.†   (source)
  • Was, I think, type of dilemma that pushes lesser computers into nervous breakdowns.†   (source)
  • It was at this point that they were confronted with their first serious operational dilemma—for within the walls of the ancient cathedral of Senlis, Jalal Nasser, Saladin's man in Western Europe, had told his potential recruit that more attacks were coming, sooner rather than later.†   (source)
  • It was a serious dilemma.†   (source)
  • I told him my contacts indicated that Negroes themselves were aware of this dilemma and they were making strong efforts to unify the race, to condemn among themselves any tactic or any violence or injustice that would reflect against the race as a whole.†   (source)
  • And this brings me, Stingo, to your possible or potential role in this so far unresolved dilemma.†   (source)
  • But what a terrible dilemma!†   (source)
  • It is something of a dilemma.†   (source)
  • He had found a way out of his dilemma.†   (source)
  • She would have you accept an "either or" proposition that is a false dilemma.
  • It was a dilemma I was already struggling with.†   (source)
  • Trish, might I ask about the ethical dilemma posed by your work?†   (source)
  • Of course, this puts you in a bit of a dilemma, doesn't it?" said Hermione.†   (source)
  • Frode rocked back and forth, juggling with a moral dilemma.†   (source)
  • But she had still not resolved her biggest dilemma: what to say to Mrs. Williams about the news.†   (source)
  • He was almost grateful for some military activity to distract him from his dilemma.†   (source)
  • The poor Ushers didn't know what to do—and I understood their dilemma.†   (source)
  • If he accepted the premise that Quality was objective, he was impaled on one horn of the dilemma.†   (source)
  • So I set out to try to solve the modern omnivore's dilemma.†   (source)
  • THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA Eragon was speechless.†   (source)
  • Ossuary annexes were a cheap ecclesiastic fix to an awkward dilemma.†   (source)
  • I understand your dilemma, however, and I have a suggestion.†   (source)
  • "I understand your dilemma, and I'm grateful for the decision that you've made."†   (source)
  • Like others at Hopkins, I faced a serious dilemma with an active neurosurgical career.†   (source)
  • That's the dilemma -- we can eat anything, but how do we know what to eat?†   (source)
  • He turned his attention to the other horn of the dilemma, which showed more promise of refutation.†   (source)
  • THE VEGETARIAN'S DILEMMA Becoming a vegetarian wasn't as simple as you might think.†   (source)
  • The horn of the dilemma was still there.†   (source)
  • Eating Animals THE MEAT EATER'S DILEMMA Here's a dilemma for you.†   (source)
  • My first found mushroom had become a victim of this very dilemma.†   (source)
  • By following simple rules like these, people solved the omnivore's dilemma.†   (source)
  • I was confronted with yet another dilemma.†   (source)
  • That's the omnivore's dilemma and it's growing bigger every day.†   (source)
  • What had happened to resolve my omnivore's dilemma?†   (source)
  • MARKETING NEW MEALS And so for us, the omnivore's dilemma becomes bigger and bigger.†   (source)
  • THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA Now I had a big problem.†   (source)
  • We were going to solve the omnivore's dilemma the way millions of Americans do every day.†   (source)
  • The culture of food didn't just solve the omnivore's dilemma.†   (source)
  • It had been a long time since I had felt any dilemma about eating meat, but some things had changed.†   (source)
  • The omnivore's dilemma is one reason our brains are so large.†   (source)
  • But today we have a very modern form of this dilemma.†   (source)
  • It would give me a chance to look at the omnivore's dilemma in a new (or rather old) light.†   (source)
  • When it comes to the omnivore's dilemma, each rat is on its own.†   (source)
  • Rats solve the omnivore's dilemma by testing new food.†   (source)
  • I think that's because mushroom hunting seems to be a perfect example of the omnivore's dilemma.†   (source)
  • For some animals, there is no dilemma at dinnertime.†   (source)
  • Luckily, we don't have to use the rat method for solving the omnivore's dilemma.†   (source)
  • And speaking of dilemmas, I was about to face another one.†   (source)
  • I understood this dilemma but the law did not, and for a long time, I didn't know what to do.†   (source)
  • For all her intentions, Felicity does not understand Ann's dilemma.†   (source)
  • Kenna's Dilemma: The Right—and Wrong—Way to Ask People What They Want .†   (source)
  • She alone understood his dilemma here "Even if there is a fight, I won't kill him, Mikil," he said.†   (source)
  • Eragon ignored the council, focusing instead on working a way out of his dilemma.†   (source)
  • All of which left her in a pretty dilemma.†   (source)
  • Then I was faced with a dilemma I hadn't considered.†   (source)
  • He spent a long time thinking things over, trying to dissect the various aspects of their dilemma.†   (source)
  • Max, you've hit upon the dilemma that all leaders face.†   (source)
  • She solved his dilemma by waving and saying, "Tonight, we will speak tonight.†   (source)
  • There's a way to solve every dilemma of that kind, Mr. Rearden.†   (source)
  • Interesting dilemma: he said when I walked in.†   (source)
  • You'll face the same dilemma one day, if you live long enough…… Now begone!†   (source)
  • A radical question that strikes to the root of the whole dilemma of government.†   (source)
  • And there was a great deal more behind Anaander Mianaai's dilemma than Seivarden had grasped.†   (source)
  • The Wennerström debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police.†   (source)
  • I do not get the chance to ponder this dilemma for long.†   (source)
  • Unfazed by the impending forfeit, the boys discussed the dilemma at hand.†   (source)
  • "It's the Cervantes Dilemma all over again.†   (source)
  • Here's our dilemma," continued Madam Petra.†   (source)
  • His face turned into a grimace as he concentrated on the dilemma.†   (source)
  • To solve this dilemma, Moody instructed me in the process of giving the treatments.†   (source)
  • The dilemma unnerved him, made him think that he had been deceived or discovered.†   (source)
  • There's a way, Dandy Boy, not only out of your current dilemma but for years to come.†   (source)
  • Glancing around, I discovered the source of my dilemma—I had wandered up a narrow channel.†   (source)
  • Teachers don't have time to analyze each dilemma, so they group the kids with proscribed curricula.†   (source)
  • I met with the chiefs in a large room in the visiting area, and they explained their dilemma.†   (source)
  • At such times people are searching for a way out of their dilemma.†   (source)
  • How can I resolve this dilemma without starting a blood feud?†   (source)
  • That is too abstract a problem for our present dilemma.†   (source)
  • That poses a dilemma, doesn't it?" responded Bernardine.†   (source)
  • There seemed no way out of the dilemma for him.†   (source)
  • You have put your finger on the dilemma of all government—and the reason I am an anarchist.†   (source)
  • Zayd, after suggesting various romantic tacks, brings up his own dilemma.†   (source)
  • "Gentlemen," I said, "it is not my job to resolve your dilemma for you."†   (source)
  • Throughout the flight to Cyprus I replayed the dilemma in my mind.†   (source)
  • He seems to have these dense, profound dilemmas, where Zayd just dabbles in anything he can find.†   (source)
  • Whatever her thoughts, she put the dilemma into Barbara's hands.†   (source)
  • I felt the driver's dilemma and was amused by it.†   (source)
  • This forms the nub of a dilemma that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if You're too driven you're likely to die.†   (source)
  • He wouldn't want to lose face in front of the gang, but he'd be terrified of provoking Harry… it would be really fun to watch Dudley's dilemma, to taunt him, watch him, with him powerless to respond… and if any of the others tried hitting Harry, he was ready — he had his wand.†   (source)
  • Despite the dilemma posed by the camera's relocation, there was another far more unsettling matter at hand.†   (source)
  • But Powell gave me another way to think about the American dilemma and, more than that, another way to think about my own life.†   (source)
  • Sticky felt the same way Reynie did, and Kate was still wishing she'd been able to sabotage those computers, to have solved the dilemma all on her own.†   (source)
  • I found this a bit of a dilemma.†   (source)
  • "It takes years to become an Animagus, and then you have to register yourself and everything," said Hermione vaguely, now squinting down the index of Weird Wizarding Dilemmas and Their Solutions.†   (source)
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