Overall, the administration was caught in a familiar dilemma by the upheaval in the region.

President Robert Mugabe has a familiar dilemma for an African leader.

Creating a good menu is a familiar dilemma for any host, but the solution of competitive cooking is a new concept to me - although I understand there are as yet no penalty shoot-outs.

Ineko Sata's "Crimson" (1936), another selection from a longer work, raises the now familiar dilemma of a wife whose life becomes increasingly difficult as her profession competes with that of her husband.

A tension between officials' perceptions of equity and efficacy is, for them, a familiar dilemma.

The shifts and maneuvers reflect a familiar dilemma for the gulf Arab nations balanced between two powers, Iran and Iraq, that have traditionally competed for regional hegemony among far weaker neighbors.

It was a familiar dilemma, one that every secret agent faced a dozen times in his career.

The Roman lawyer Fulvius, who joins the rebellion and acts as its chronicler, sets forth the familiar dilemma of ends and means.

I reveled in the routine of seeing familiar patients at familiar times and listening to their familiar dilemmas.

It was a familiar dilemma.