Either-or, she thought; this was the choice confronting the world: a human soul in the image of one or of the other.
The feasible political choices confronting Labour could doubtless have been handled in a way which would have produced greater benefit for working people, and lost Labour less active support.
But the choices confronting the party's 800,000 registered members, who elect a new party president on Sunday, are unpalatable.
Both supporters and opponents of the bill believe the choice confronting 35 Republican senators reflects the divisions in the national party after the loss of the White House.
The painful choices confronting Zeiss reflect hard economic realities of German unification - a process that is leaving many German workers disillusioned, jobless and longing for former days.
This caution reflects the difficult choices confronting a volatile region.
In that ravaged but once peaceful city, where ethnic groups mingle, he saw an emblem of the choice confronting Europe.
If the choices confronting women at Barneys and Kleinfeld seem monumental - "Do I want to look like a column or an exploding peony?"
Whether or not we are aware of the choices confronting us depends upon whether we regard ourselves as defined by our vulnerability or by our capacity to be resilient.
How much safer life was when the choices confronting women were limited to just a few.