Since the filing of the lawsuit, the Justice Department has found itself in a political predicament.

To some degree, the court may have helped Mr. Bush out of a political predicament.

But the most revealing glimpse of his political predicament came when he was asked why he should be re-elected.

The political predicaments of the two Prime Ministers also have some bearing.

If, as is becoming more likely, the provision survives in final legislation, President Bush will face a difficult political predicament.

A better explanation for the failure to jump aboard tax reform is the wider political predicament of liberals.

Collier is a specialist in the political, economic and developmental predicaments of poor countries.

But this, too, adds to their legal and political predicament.

The Republicans face not only grave constitutional decisions but also a political predicament.

This fundamental social and political predicament has not changed since the beginning of the Communist regime.