But questions remain as to whether it can reconcile its aim of creating a state ruled by Islamic law with democratic principles.
France already has Europe's biggest Muslim population, and it is finding it hard to reconcile its model of integration, which relies on a strict separation of religion and state, with demands by French Muslims for religious expression within public institutions.
If it can't reconcile its own reporting, why trust anything else it publishes?
These days, Greece is a society tugged in opposite directions, as it tries to reconcile its past with its uncertain future.
Microsoft will not say how it plans to reconcile its Surface product family with Nokia's tablet when its $7.2 billion deal to buy Nokia's device business closes, which is expected to occur in the first quarter of next year.
While the company has started aggressively expanding internationally, it still has to reconcile its domestic strategy — creating strong original content — with audiences abroad.
What's unattractive is that it is very difficult to reconcile its actual operation with the human needs for security and stability.
Specifically, it is about the ability of a system to reconcile its requirements or goal of existence with the environment it is interacting with, by adopting an optimal behavior.
It is also something of an albatross; it took the band years to reconcile its more adventurous instincts with the high commercial expectations set by this record.
Increasingly, it feels as though New York is attempting to reconcile its booze-hounding tendencies with its newfound, almost Los Angelesque obsession with health and wellness.
"The Perfect Host" doesn't bother to reconcile its contradictions.
