(1) How was a player supposed to perform credibly under the current impasse ? he asked.

(2) The current political impasse

(3) This dilemma perfectly sums up the impasse in all republican-loyalist negotiations.

(4) Referenda would also possibly provide a way out of the impasse when Commons is at loggerheads with the Lords.

(5) Such an agreement should remain a goal, but is not essential for ending the current impasse .

(6) An impasse was reached and the lorry remained where it was for nearly three hours, to the consternation of motorists behind.

(7) But the current impasse arose because of the unorthodox way in which the bankers covered their own backs.

(8) There emerges an impotent impasse in which the actually organic aspect takes over.

(9) If the impasse continues, the jockeys could take the matter to court.

(10) Answers to these questions are key to the current impasse in the endless debate on the bill.

(11) The result is an impasse , which is normally the case when blind insularity meets common sense.

(12) I have noted his appeal to doctors to desist from industrial action in their current impasse .

(13) Accept that you have come to an impasse or that you agree to disagree, and bid a courteous adieu.

(14) If that goes ahead, and the impasse continues, another election could occur, Murphy said.

(15) The reflex to laugh at humorous or embarrassing situations serves an important social function, she argued, providing a way to defuse factors such as tension and shame before they turned into more damaging quarrels or impasses .

(16) I changed my party affiliation at a time when my state, California, was in a big battle over energy and recalls and budget impasses .

(17) My prediction is that dollarization will continue to help with these problems, although political impasses will sometimes occur.

(18) The bill also provides a new form of assistance to overcome impasses in collective bargaining and facilitate settlement wherever possible.

(19) By focusing on the nature of a couple's disagreements and by accepting that differences of opinion will always exist, it is possible to transform relationship impasses into greater peace and intimacy.

(20) Better a halting dialogue between the right and left hand, full of gaping pauses and impasses , I suggested, rather than a glib ambidextrousness.