At the Congress of Vienna (November 1814 - June 1815) the various nations had very different and conflicting goals.

The PDA is a public trustee charged with many potentially conflicting goals.

Senator Dole, the minority leader, had potentially conflicting goals.

Avoidance interaction is found between groups where there are different or conflicting goals and even minimal collaboration is not warranted.

Most research focuses on the often conflicting goals of making the clocks smaller, cheaper, more accurate, and more reliable.

As the carriers try to improve, they are being mindful of the balance they must strike between conflicting goals: listening to and satisfying customers, while making the calls as short as possible.

At the moment, Beijing is pursuing potentially conflicting goals: nurturing a commercial, nonpolitical Internet while trying to curb its tendency toward anarchic growth.

Our code of ethics assists physicians in navigating the potentially conflicting goals and allegiances that can occur in medical practice within a corporation.

In the five years since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the agencies have not figured out how to balance their often conflicting goals.

That is because, like the others, it comes freighted with expectations that it can simultaneously accomplish seemingly conflicting goals.