a balancing act

It's a balancing act, " Svensson explains. " The humor is also very important - graphics without a sense of humor is often dead to me.

This may seem like a bit of a balancing act, but it is necessary for effective software delivery.

As with other public issues, this one is something of a balancing act. Ultimately, we must decide one way or the other.

"Pakistan is now faced with a balancing act between a new China which is emerging and the new US with its power in decline. "

As with other parts of the region the international community must perform a balancing act between external imposition and local ownership.

Foreign companies often play a balancing act in China, trying to protect selected manufacturing secrets and products.

Foreign policy is always a balancing act between values and pragmatic considerations.

It's a balancing act that is no doubt familiar to many parents: picking a punishment that's just right.

In striving for conflict resolution, the court performs a balancing act that weighs legitimate but differing individual and societal needs.

Your weight is a balancing act, and calories are part of that equation.

The trick now is a balancing act -- you don't want to be the first one to break eye contact but you can't be a creepo who stares.

Certainly, credibility involves a balancing act between establishing a noteworthy track record and fading away into the furniture.

But managing a market economy is no easy task. It is a balancing act that must constantly respond to economic changes.

But the work lends additional support to the idea that hygiene may be a balancing act rather than a goal.

A subtle change in temperature -- a subtle change in time -- it's all about a balancing act between time, temperature and ingredients.

It was a balancing act of a kind that had served him well for decades.

The new, patent-pending method for making HMF is a balancing act of chemistry, pressure, temperature and reactor design.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said May 2 that moving ahead on offshore drilling will require a balancing act.

This creates a balancing act between where you want to go and where you are now.

Raising six children is definitely a balancing act.

As I mentioned before, it's a balancing act.

Tuning the queues is therefore a balancing act.

Life is a balancing act of people, affairs, and principles.

"It's a balancing act" for everybody, Jez said.

It's a balancing act, both for employers and the courts.

DRILLING for oil is a balancing act.

All of which suggests that HSBC is undertaking a balancing act.

Jeff: Yeah, it's a balancing act.

A balancing act--optimizing the gut microflora