Clinton was like Reagan in one critical respect: he provided a temporary illusion of compatibility for mutually irreconcilable positions.

"When Glenmede changed its policy to one of going into the market and seeking other clients, it placed itself in an irreconcilable position," he said.

They argue that the request has encouraged the two combatants to adopt irreconcilable positions in advance of negotiations.

In essence, the two sides took irreconcilable positions that cried out for one side or the other - or perhaps both - to blink.

On the literary front, the editors of Encounter found it maddening to deal with irreconcilable positions.

How can these seemingly irreconcilable positions be squared?

Nor is diplomacy excluded by the apparently irreconcilable positions of the parties today.

As for the second, his shaky evidence leads him to oscillate between two completely irreconcilable positions.

Even Iraq's new leaders at times appear to have irreconcilable positions.

An attempt by the Utraquists to negotiate and resolve the conflict peacefully failed due to irreconcilable position of the radicals.