"It is a very muddled situation," Boss says.
The Arab nations that joined the alliance are uncomfortable partners; we are involved in yet one more muddled situation in a part of the world that views us with much suspicion and much contempt.
With the departure of Tee Martin, the Volunteers anticipated a muddled quarterback situation and got it.
South Korea's Posco said Monday it had agreed to buy a 10% stake in the worlds largest producer of pulverized coal for use in making steel, leaving the company's ownership in a muddled state a situation that is probably to the liking of the steelmakers, which would rather not see further consolidation in the mining sector in an era of rising prices.
These issues might be resolved in a matter of weeks or months, but the muddled situation means that, for now, the US doesn't really know if, when, or how it will leave or remain.
The most muddled situation would occur if Mr. Bush's resignation came so late that the session would begin without time for a transition.
The muddled situation elsewhere in Selma was not good publicity; but on the courthouse steps, where the blacks continually formed their patient lines to try to register to vote, Mr Clark ruled, and could be relied on to behave both stupidly and brutally.
He said: "There is no question that those who are responsible for failing vulnerable children should be held to account... but we need to move on from the muddled situation councils currently face, so the detail of today's proposals is important to get right".
I enjoyed the fair, even handed nuance it took to bring us this book, and I think it should be required reading for anyone who waxes philosophical on the subject of Israel or anyone who wants to know more about the increasingly muddled situation abroad.
The incident is sure to further complicate an already-muddled situation in Syria, adding layers of unpredictability to the scene.
THE boundary between right and wrong is not always clear, and part of an ethics officer's job is to make sense of muddled situations and then enlighten people about the consequences of their actions.
