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April 08, 2009

impasse

Impasse

impasse (noun) - in a situation where it is difficult to move forward and make any progress

break the impasse
end the impasse
reach an impasse
were at an impasse

negotiations  might break the impasse

reached a communication impasse

the couple's emotional impasse

resolve the impasse
a way around this impasse
a negotiated resolution of this impasse
a swift resolution to the impasse

an apparent impasse during negotiation
the negotiations are at an impasse on key points

recognize both sides in this dispute and break the impasse
help them out of the impasse

The dialogue hit an impasse
I would suggest that we are here again at an impasse

a political impasse
Congress appears to be at an impasse

use diplomacy to try to solve this impasse, this standoff with Iran over its nuclear program
All those years of study, and he was at an impasse

They blame the IAEA for the current impasse and say it is their methods that are to blame
 Legislative leaders reached a spending compromise Sunday, potentially ending a record-breaking budget impasse

to blame for the impasse

mired in an impasse
the country remains mired in an impasse

appealed to the international community to help facilitate dialogue that would break the political impasse

a budget impasse
negotiations reached an impasse
government has hit an impasse

a civilizational impasse

fresh approaches to problems that seem to be at an impasse in deliberations among officials

The only way out of this impasse is to accept debate and discussion more honestly than is common today

the current impasse between radical Islam and modern society

We'd come to an impasse with information that we had

And sometimes you come to an impasse, and I would just get so frustrated

frustration with the impasse

work hard to find a way to avoid an impasse

So it seems like a pretty bad impasse

We're at an impasse in this country in terms of what direction we're going to go

An impasse that will not last

I had come to an impasse and couldn't move beyond

They toyed with various solutions yet remained at an impasse for months

the insoluble impasse between the old and the new

at the heart of the impasse

insisted that the impasse will soon be broken

I'm kind of at an impasse


hopes that personal diplomacy could find a solution to the impasse

grasped at a way out of their impasse

it is unlikely that the scheme would have resolved the financial impasse

With the help of counsel, the company eventually resolved the impasse

in encounters and dialogue, an impasse in understanding is often reached


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