Word: binding
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...fuel-efficiency bill reaches his desk, Bush could be in a bind--caught between auto lobbyists (his chief of staff used to be one) and his concern for energy security. With new technology putting impressive fuel efficiency within reach, it will be hard for him to oppose measures that could reduce the national appetite for foreign oil by millions of barrels a year...
...TIES THAT BIND When it comes to baby boomers caring for their aging parents, the numbers fall along a multicultural divide. According to an AARP survey, white Americans are the least likely to care for their elders (19%), while Asians are the most likely to do so (42%). Blacks (28%) and Hispanics (34%) fall in the middle. Guilt feelings for not providing enough care neatly mirror the differences: Asians feel the most guilty; whites the least...
...Ordinary taxpayers acknowledge that economic reform is the only way out of Japan's bind, a view the West has pushed all along. "It's like you're in the final stages of a fatal disease and someone comes along with a potential cure," says Bill Wilder, head of the Japanese arm of Fidelity Investments. "You don't know if it'll work or if it won't, but you've got no choice." Some worry Koizumi is trying too much, too soon. "He's promised structural reforms, along with clearing up bank loans and cutting government debt...
...plan to allow states to provide "unborn child" medical coverage, an unmistakable gesture of goodwill toward Catholics. Still, Rove has been heard to say that, with such a difficult choice, the only thing to do is the right thing. That's a sure sign a strategist is in a bind...
...Five Ages of the Universe (Touchstone Books; 2000), Adams predicts that all this dead matter will eventually collapse into black holes. By the time the universe is 1 trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion years old, the black holes themselves will disintegrate into stray particles, which will bind loosely to form individual "atoms" larger than the size of today's universe. Eventually, even these will decay, leaving a featureless, infinitely large void. And that will be that--unless, of course, whatever inconceivable event that launched the original Big Bang should recur, and the ultimate free lunch is served once more...