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Apple faces a real conundrum of pricing. – Ben Wood	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's a conundrum, because the question is : what drives what ? , many of these effects happen at the same time. – Michael Finke	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The ebb and flow of the popularity of streaming is mainly determined by the ups and downs of the pandemic, that has created not only a conundrum for studios, but also for consumers who are torn between their desire to see blockbuster films on the big screen at their local multiplex or from the comfort of the couch at home. – Paul Dergarabedian	Found on CNN 2 years ago
WrestleMania is usually in the cusp of late March, early April. I do n’t know if I ’m going to make it this year. And that’s a good conundrum to have because there’s a lot of good opportunity coming up, which I would love to take and if all those things line up, I do n’t know if I ’ll be able to make WrestleMania. – John Cena	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
International news has always been a bit of a conundrum for certain American publications, i think the 20-minute, single-subject format was made for that. Michael Barbaro and Carolyn Ryan can't tell the story of what it means that the Taliban is about to regain power after 20 years in five minutes. – Michael Barbaro	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The conundrum is that the platforms are terrified of being accused of political bias, when they enforce any sort of content moderation policy, the huge tech companies have a lot to lose if they alienate one side of the political spectrum. At some point, the other side will be in power. – Joshua Tucker	Found on CNN 3 years ago
But meanwhile, the arts are what's keeping the human connection alive in social media, it's remarkable. It's quite a conundrum. – Eduardo Vilaro	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If it was released at some other time, that would maybe keep the transparency but reduce the conundrum aspect and (keep) the focus on the statement of the committee, which is really what the committee actually decided upon. – Jerome Powell	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's a real conundrum, the administration has proven itself to be ill-equipped and ill-prepared to manage the department of House Homeland Security and this particular situation is due to its own ineptitude. – Yvette Clarke	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The regime’s big conundrum was that it was unable to carry out offensives on multiple fronts, the ceasefire allowed them to focus militarily on a few key areas. Their continued military actions have been tolerated by the international community because no-one wants to see the ceasefire dead. – Valerie Szybala	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The market is back to its original conundrum, which is' where is the growth ? ,'. – Kevin Caron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This reflects a genuine governance conundrum. – Robert Holland	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
To do that you need an email address. You know, the main person is the grandmother who has no Internet access at that, let alone an email. So I am in a conundrum, I guess you could call it. – Nathan Bradley	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I've gotten kind of used to it but it does sort of still pose this conundrum: How is a woman supposed to behave? Well how about the way she is and then people should figure out her instead of her having to figure out everybody else. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I don't see a tremendous amount of change out of the Iranians or Russians. There is some talk of them being tired, but their positions are pretty firm, they think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again. – Andrew Tabler	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again, this recent outburst of diplomacy is because everyone was becoming concerned, and rightfully so. But the results of that process were remarkably poor. They seem to cement the earlier political positions of the region when it comes to Syria. – Andrew Tabler	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s your classic conundrum, whether the Congress should swallow the bad in order to get the good. It’s time to get beyond fighting in the weeds here. – Jacob Hornberger	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I've been thinking about that old Zen conundrum what's the sound of one hand clapping My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping hands, what's the point The point is that we all need somebody, whether you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is hooked into everybody else. – Geoffrey Neighor	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Apple faces a real conundrum of pricing.

– Ben Wood

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's a conundrum, because the question is : what drives what ? , many of these effects happen at the same time.

– Michael Finke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The ebb and flow of the popularity of streaming is mainly determined by the ups and downs of the pandemic, that has created not only a conundrum for studios, but also for consumers who are torn between their desire to see blockbuster films on the big screen at their local multiplex or from the comfort of the couch at home.

– Paul Dergarabedian

Found on CNN
2 years ago

WrestleMania is usually in the cusp of late March, early April. I do n’t know if I ’m going to make it this year. And that’s a good conundrum to have because there’s a lot of good opportunity coming up, which I would love to take and if all those things line up, I do n’t know if I ’ll be able to make WrestleMania.

– John Cena

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

International news has always been a bit of a conundrum for certain American publications, i think the 20-minute, single-subject format was made for that. Michael Barbaro and Carolyn Ryan can't tell the story of what it means that the Taliban is about to regain power after 20 years in five minutes.

– Michael Barbaro

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The conundrum is that the platforms are terrified of being accused of political bias, when they enforce any sort of content moderation policy, the huge tech companies have a lot to lose if they alienate one side of the political spectrum. At some point, the other side will be in power.

– Joshua Tucker

Found on CNN
3 years ago

But meanwhile, the arts are what's keeping the human connection alive in social media, it's remarkable. It's quite a conundrum.

– Eduardo Vilaro

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If it was released at some other time, that would maybe keep the transparency but reduce the conundrum aspect and (keep) the focus on the statement of the committee, which is really what the committee actually decided upon.

– Jerome Powell

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's a real conundrum, the administration has proven itself to be ill-equipped and ill-prepared to manage the department of House Homeland Security and this particular situation is due to its own ineptitude.

– Yvette Clarke

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The regime’s big conundrum was that it was unable to carry out offensives on multiple fronts, the ceasefire allowed them to focus militarily on a few key areas. Their continued military actions have been tolerated by the international community because no-one wants to see the ceasefire dead.

– Valerie Szybala

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The market is back to its original conundrum, which is' where is the growth ? ,'.

– Kevin Caron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This reflects a genuine governance conundrum.

– Robert Holland

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

To do that you need an email address. You know, the main person is the grandmother who has no Internet access at that, let alone an email. So I am in a conundrum, I guess you could call it.

– Nathan Bradley

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I've gotten kind of used to it but it does sort of still pose this conundrum: How is a woman supposed to behave? Well how about the way she is and then people should figure out her instead of her having to figure out everybody else.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I don't see a tremendous amount of change out of the Iranians or Russians. There is some talk of them being tired, but their positions are pretty firm, they think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again.

– Andrew Tabler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again, this recent outburst of diplomacy is because everyone was becoming concerned, and rightfully so. But the results of that process were remarkably poor. They seem to cement the earlier political positions of the region when it comes to Syria.

– Andrew Tabler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s your classic conundrum, whether the Congress should swallow the bad in order to get the good. It’s time to get beyond fighting in the weeds here.

– Jacob Hornberger

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I've been thinking about that old Zen conundrum what's the sound of one hand clapping My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping hands, what's the point The point is that we all need somebody, whether you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is hooked into everybody else.

– Geoffrey Neighor

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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