"But there is already great public ambivalence about this war," he added, "and antiwar activism could rise very quickly."

But this does not fully account for the public ambivalence toward her.

In fact, there's a public ambivalence about the upward flow of money.

He opposed the first resolution authorizing President Bush's father to move against Saddam Hussein, citing public ambivalence about going to war.

Microsoft produces 90 percent of the operating systems in new personal computers, prompting similar public ambivalence, for computers are now as indispensable to the economy as oil.

So, in this era of public ambivalence about nature's neediest cases, the idea of ecosystem management seemed to have a bright political future.

Current polls show public support for the idea approaching 60 percent, but experts say that surface number masks deeper public ambivalence.

Madrid is nervous about peace demonstrations and public ambivalence over Spain's involvement in the war.

After President Bush ordered air strikes against Iraq in January 1991, similar public ambivalence dissolved into overwhelming support.