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  • 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)
  • Jeannine saw my dilemma, picked up the plate, and passed it in the opposite direction to her mother.†   (source)
  • Sophie needed Langdon for herself, and it was this dilemma that left Sophie only one logical conclusion.†   (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)
  • I know I haven't got a chance of turning into a frog by tomorrow morning.... "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)
  • 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)
  • For Mrs. Mooreland, the party posed an agonizing 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)
  • Abandonment, guilt, betrayal: the boy in front of me would consider them banal dilemmas.†   (source)
  • Everyone listened as I explained my dilemma.†   (source)
  • I spent the rest of the evening debating the pros and cons of my dilemma.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • That resolves my dilemma fast.†   (source)
  • The troll faced a dilemma — which female to eat first.†   (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)
  • You can understand my dilemma.†   (source)
  • Belky understands Maraa Isabel's dilemma.†   (source)
  • Seeing the cause of my current dilemma calmly pitching his tent back at our site makes me furious.†   (source)
  • He faced a painful dilemma: By raising a dragon, he could become a Rider.†   (source)
  • We understood his dilemma, yet we didn't want him to leave us.†   (source)
  • He now faced another dilemma.†   (source)
  • That is what the staff sergeant said," Alhaji said, explaining the dilemma we faced.†   (source)
  • He seemed to be wavering, torn by some internal dilemma.†   (source)
  • She refused, and I could understand her dilemma.†   (source)
  • The answers may have to do with psychological dilemmas, with spiritual crises, with historical or social or political concerns.†   (source)
  • This is our latest little dilemma.†   (source)
  • Once the dilemma had been clearly stated, could she pretend things were otherwise?†   (source)
  • "I can see your dilemma," he says.†   (source)
  • That night after prayer-time the six of us faced our dilemma.†   (source)
  • A dilemma?†   (source)
  • MY HOPES FOR A BLISSFUL TWO-WEEK RESPITE FROM Central High over Christmas vacation had been dashed by the dilemma we all faced because of Minnijean's suspension.†   (source)
  • But it is clear that modern medicine has created a serious dilemma.†   (source)
  • A sadness pervaded it all, sadness for my own weakness and my own awful dilemma.†   (source)
  • "It occurs to me," said Hodge, "that the dilemmas of power are always the same."†   (source)
  • That's a dilemma.†   (source)
  • You have to appreciate the dilemma the Soviets face, a choice between two equally unattractive scenarios.†   (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)
  • He is wracking his mind with vast cosmological dilemmas.†   (source)
  • And we faced the same dilemma: the only escape was to go down, but our only defensive strategy was to go up.†   (source)
  • Additional personnel didn't really solve my dilemma, however.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • No one could help me decide—my family understood my dilemma.†   (source)
  • That's their dilemma.†   (source)
  • Yet another dilemma worthy of Papa's Talmudic thinking.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The fact that tonight was a maybe date created more dilemmas for Dan.†   (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)
  • There was no large city with a vaster torment we might use to see our own dilemma in some soothing perspective.†   (source)
  • Jim, across the way, stood facing the same dilemma, in his room.†   (source)
  • Marion Nestle's Food Politics (2002), Frances and Anna Lappes 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 of Wendell Berry and Alice Waters, Jamie Oliver's televised Food Revolution — all of these works hav†   (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)
  • The Funny Thing Was Bree solved the meth dilemma on a family trip to Wild Waters, Scott's annual company picnic.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • What a wonderful dilemma.†   (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)
  • Then Bailey solved my 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • As Maryam and Ali played with Reza and Essey's two children, we all searched for some solution to the current dilemma.†   (source)
  • "That shall be your dilemma," I can't help adding with a smile.†   (source)
  • The operation presented Kennedy with a major dilemma.†   (source)
  • Their dilemma was solved when a woman suddenly burst into song.†   (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)
  • He saw acutely and painfully the dilemma of the French Alliance.†   (source)
  • No matter what our dilemma, it seems he can always come up with some way to resolve it.†   (source)
  • I explained my dilemma.†   (source)
  • Then, in 1939, war in Europe appeared to offer Japan a fortuitous way out of its dilemma.†   (source)
  • She alone understood his dilemma here "Even if there is a fight, I won't kill him, Mikil," he said.†   (source)
  • April 5, Thursday (our second track meet presents a small dilemma) We had our second track meet today.†   (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 blow to my head as I danced about sent my right eye popping like a jack-in-the-box and settled my dilemma.†   (source)
  • It's an insoluble dilemma, really.†   (source)
  • This presented us with a dilemma.†   (source)
  • He thought over the dilemma for a good five seconds and then asked, "You sure you want to help?"†   (source)
  • He had never heard of any athletic team having such a dilemma.†   (source)
  • It also created a perilous dilemma.†   (source)
  • Was, I think, type of dilemma that pushes lesser computers into nervous breakdowns.†   (source)
  • To use a cliche, Renault, we are locked on the horns of a 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)
  • 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)
  • He looked to the shard for an answer to his dilemma and found a duplicate crystal laying next to the first.†   (source)
  • Fifty years after Murrow wrote those words, we remain haunted by the same dilemmas, trapped between hope and fear.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • The Achaeans were reduced to the dilemma of submitting to Cleomenes or requesting the aid of Macedon, its former oppressor.†   (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 not a dilemma of language but of emotion and persona.†   (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)
  • It is something of a dilemma.†   (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)
  • He had found a way out of his dilemma.†   (source)
  • She would have you accept an "either or" proposition that is a false dilemma.
  • Kenna's Dilemma: The Right—and Wrong—Way to Ask People What They Want .†   (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)
  • It was a dilemma I was already struggling with.†   (source)
  • Trish, might I ask about the ethical dilemma posed by your work?†   (source)
  • Then I was faced with a dilemma I hadn't considered.†   (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)
  • How can I resolve this dilemma without starting a blood feud?†   (source)
  • He was almost grateful for some military activity to distract him from his dilemma.†   (source)
  • And there was a great deal more behind Anaander Mianaai's dilemma than Seivarden had grasped.†   (source)
  • The poor Ushers didn't know what to do—and I understood their dilemma.†   (source)
  • So I set out to try to solve the modern omnivore's dilemma.†   (source)
  • But we were not close enough to see details of the dilemma she faced.†   (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)
  • You'll face the same dilemma one day, if you live long enough...Now begone!†   (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)
  • THE VEGETARIAN'S DILEMMA Becoming a vegetarian wasn't as simple as you might think.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Which led us to the reason for our own dilemma.†   (source)
  • But denying any allegations made by me isn't the core of your dilemma.†   (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)
  • If he accepted the premise that Quality was objective, he was impaled on one horn of the dilemma.†   (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)
  • A radical question that strikes to the root of the whole dilemma of government.†   (source)
  • The dilemma unnerved him, made him think that he had been deceived or discovered.†   (source)
  • That poses a dilemma, doesn't it?" responded Bernardine.†   (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)
  • That is too abstract a problem for our present dilemma.†   (source)
  • There's a way, Dandy Boy, not only out of your current dilemma but for years to come.†   (source)
  • You have put your finger on the dilemma of all government—and the reason I am an anarchist.†   (source)
  • There seemed no way out of the dilemma for him.†   (source)
  • He turned his attention to the other horn of the dilemma, which showed more promise of refutation.†   (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)
  • The horn of the dilemma was still there.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Meanwhile, I have the opposite dilemma.†   (source)
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