He gets caught in these political conundrums, anomalies, contradictions.

The pact presents the Administration with what one official called a "political conundrum."

The recommendations have created a political conundrum for Mr. Cohen.

The march was fired by the anger and frustration of the abortion rights movement, long trapped in a political conundrum.

As much as offering a defense of his record, the statement provided a précis of Haiti's political conundrum.

Now, as President Clinton prepares to redeem that promise, he faces a series of tradeoffs, risks and political conundrums.

The new commonwealth and the independent republics that will replace the Soviet Union are confronting the international community with potentially explosive legal and political conundrums.

Wesley McDonald Holder chooses his words carefully, as someone might who can apply nine decades of perspective to today's political conundrums.

But economic woes may turn out to be far less intractable than some of the political conundrums thrown up by the alliance's embroilment in Kosovo.

But what to do about it presents a political conundrum for the resurrected former Communists who came to power three months ago.