Sentences with phrase «agonizing choice»

Finally, in a more disturbing vein, faced with the choice of allocating personnel and resources toward a mode of medicine benefiting only a few, and allocating those same personnel and resources toward a mode of medicine which would benefit many, one should opt for the greater good for the greater number — although this would be a very agonizing choice for any triage officer to face.

We've tried to present you with agonizing choices as you navigate your way through the sequel and built that into a bigger, much darker story.

One of the most agonizing choices an entrepreneur inevitably faces is whether or not to close their business.

This summer, city officials across America may ask themselves those questions as they face the same agonizing choice that New Yorkers faced.

Thus, more than 29 % of the companies that would originally have comprised the database 3.7 years ago have fallen by the wayside for any number of reasons that would have required investors to have made some difficult and even agonizing choices regarding what to do — e.g. sell or hold at a loss after a dividend cut or cancellation, remain invested in an acquiring company that was not a dividend champion, etc..

In announcing his resignation, Péladeau said he had to make «an agonizing choice» between his family and his «political project.»

Mention of the Donatists is a reminder of the agonizing choices that those who have faced persecution have had to make, as much in the twentieth century under Fascist and Communist regimes, as in the early centuries of the church.

I thought this was a beautiful and nuanced exploration for the issue through this storyline, not shying away from the unfairness of the decision and the agonizing choice between lives.

There is held forth as one of fantasy's central tenets the belief that the end of a successful fairy story is joy: not a joy apart from sorrow, however, but a joy distilled from the experience of agonizing choice and a painful awareness of the errors in human decision - making.

This analysis points toward an agonizing choice for pro-life Democrats, who have already had to make more than their fair share of such choices.

But it is an agonizing choice.

This book is intended to help parents in this often difficult and agonizing choice.

Darwin's associates urge him to finish his revolutionary work, while Emma strongly objects, leaving Darwin with an agonizing choice.

You no longer have to make that agonizing choice of the best example from among three or four — you can freely use them all.

Now many private schools would face an agonizing choice: Give up a funding stream that they have come to depend on, or give in on basic questions of religious identity and school culture.

For years, CPS has faced an agonizing choice between funding the pensions that our teachers have earned, or funding the classrooms where our students are doing better than they've ever done before.

Reconstructing the terrible events and agonizing choices his father faced on the battlefield, in the courtroom, and in love, Stewart gains a closer understanding of his past, of his father's character, and of the brutal nature of war itself.

But there are times when a pet's illness can exceed your resources and pet owners may face an agonizing choice.

This can force women into the agonizing choice of leaving a pet behind.

The Animal Rescue League of Boston's Alice T. Whitney Helping Hand Fund provides financial assistance to families with limited economic means so they don't have to make the agonizing choice between everyday necessities and caring for their pet at the time of an emergency.

On being asked about the kind of choices players will be faced with, Whitta mentioned that players will be making «agonizing choices» and face some «bleak, sick stuff» in the game.

The agonizing choices about what to eat and where to live that are starting to confront Japanese citizens can best be understood by acknowledging a large dread - to - risk ratio.