The ministries' conflicting roles mean that Japan's tobacco policy is a welter of contradictions.

Kapampangans have played a dynamic yet conflicting role in Philippine history.

This conclusion supports the idea that loyalty versus independence played a conflicting role that lead to eating disorder symptoms.

Dr. Monson classified Jewish women's method of coping as "juggling"; that is, coordinating potentially conflicting roles as opposed to staggering them or avoiding role conflict completely.

Auditors who had multiple and potentially conflicting roles did not raise alarms about improper financial statements.

Commodities Trade 'Vital' But the public recently got a rare inside look at how Japan's commercial sector feels about its conflicting role in South Africa.

A growing worry of some Democrats goes beyond her conflicting roles to what they see as deficiencies in both her exploratory campaign and her political skills.

Professionals and services have to manage the dual, and often conflicting, roles of support and empowerment.

Just as those apparently conflicting roles left other Republicans alternately applauding and muttering in 1973, so do Mr. Thompson's somewhat inconsistent goals today.

The conflicting role results in a split verdict: they are not sure what the ultimate social verdict should be.