Catch-22

Then there's the question of light intensity which seems to invoke a classic catch-22 situation.

The unique artistic expressions employed in Joseph Heller's Catch-22 make it a "classical work" in contemporary American literature.

Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch - 22 and let out a respectful whistle .

If I speak Ella say I'm overbearing and if I remain silent she accuses me of sulking; it's a Catch-22 situation.

Many job seekers wonder how being qualified can be a bad thing, but it's a Catch 22 that many job seekers face today.

Years later, the concept of "invisibility" has entered American vocabulary like "catch-22" .

So, how does she get out of the catch-22?

Some Chinese economists say that their nation will catch up with the United States long before the 22nd century arrives.

Three proposed bills end by entrapping urban blacks in a Catch-22: jobs without housing, houses without guaranteed jobs.

LATE in life, Joseph Heller was occasionally asked why he had never written anything else as good as "Catch-22" .

"Everybody wants to say they've gone global, but it's almost a Catch-22, " says Atedo Peterside, chairman of IBTC Chartered Bank.

The love-hate relationship shared between paparazzi and celebrities will forever be a catch 22.

So if you feel like you're caught in this catch 22, I want you to suspend disbelief for a moment.

your fax of Jan 22, we have asked our factory to work overtime to catch the delivery time by Chinese Lunar New year.

But it's a conservation Catch-22: As habitat is restored for shorebirds, it also creates more habitat for gulls.

In short, Greece is in a Catch 22: creditors know it lacks the credibility to borrow at rates of interest it can afford.

It's the "Catch-22 in this business" , says Jane Buchan, the boss of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, a large fund of funds.

The optional risk associated with free choice is the greatest catch-22 in life.

Xstrata, though, remains caught in a Catch-22 situation.

The dialogue between Taiwan and China sometimes becomes a catch 22 situation.

Joseph Heller's representative work Catch-22 is a masterpiece of black humor.

Here's the catch-22: the more stressed you get, the more you crave coffee and doughnuts, pizza and Coke.

"Real war's a lot more like 'Catch-22' than 'Black Hawk Down, ' " one veteran told me.

It's an interesting catch-22 for entrepreneurs and executives.

When people talk about the "Catch-22" of employment and experience, it is precisely this that they are referring to.

It is a catch 22 that you cannot get a job without experience , but you cannot get experience without a job.

And so in TV you get to live that out and discover so much more it's great. but it's definitely a catch 22 situation.

This is the catch 22 of any industry.

It seemed too catch-22, too darkly-absurd-by-numbers.

Gallingly, many firms are in a catch-22 caused by their banks.

This creates a "catch-22" ; the second approach explains how to resolve it.

This is kind of a catch-22.

It's a classic Catch-22.

It's a catch-22, I guess.

Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

It's a kind of catch-22 situation.

It "s a catch-22: You want a job to gain experience, but you can" t find a job because previous experience is required.

and you can't get the experience if you haven't got a job in that factory -it's catch 22.

Caught in a catch 22 but he'd still rather be at home

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