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  • The prisoner's dilema is at core a story of how prisoner's may be induced to confess -- irrespective of whether or not they are guilty.

    Balkinization 2006

  • The dilema is how to solve this “freedom of speech” vs. “legal advise by anyone” confrontation.

    Unique p2p file share conference 2005

  • His dilema is his religion is marxism, not islam, but both are anti-freedom and anti-American so for the moment they are brothers in arms bent on the destruction of the same thing.

    The American Spectator 2010

  • Some kind of dilema is when you are mainly nature photographer and still life take an importan place and interest in your photography.

    Shuttertalk - Getting Intimate with Digital Photography 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago if you fish by the rules and regulation all the time you will never run into trouble. to many people break the rules just once 'and the find themselves in an ethical dilema.

    Was Giant Japanese Bass Caught Off Limits? 2009

  • I remember a flytalk blog post talking about fishing out of bounds, or trespassing ....... maybe it applies here, an ethical dilema.

    Was Giant Japanese Bass Caught Off Limits? 2009

  • Poor fool! in this dilema, though wet allmost to the skin I had the luck to get another Chaise to Dover, and shutting myself up warm, and having warm Coffee inside me, and a glass of Brandy, arived at Mrs Pierce's at Dover (to whom I had letters) and a good night's rest cured all my troubles.

    Letter 194 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago if you fish by the rules and regulation all the time you will never run into trouble. to many people break the rules just once 'and the find themselves in an ethical dilema.

    Was Giant Japanese Bass Caught Off Limits? 2009

  • I remember a flytalk blog post talking about fishing out of bounds, or trespassing ....... maybe it applies here, an ethical dilema.

    Was Giant Japanese Bass Caught Off Limits? 2009

  • All of the other sporting goods stores in my area are faced with the same dilema.

    Ammo Shortage? 2009

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