Could you explain how Goldman bet against these C.D.O.'s while simultaneously trying to persuade ratings agencies and investors that they were good investments?
He has ratcheted up the heat on Iran while simultaneously trying to restrain Israel.
Many young adults seem to be moving away from organized religion while simultaneously trying desperately to connect with their spirituality.
Letitia Baldrige, once social secretary to the icon who died seven years ago, acknowledges the possibility of a little niggle while simultaneously trying to head it off.
All that while simultaneously trying to save the auto industry, revive financial markets, end the Iraq war and redouble efforts to battle Islamic extremists in Afghanistan.
China has been trying to engineer a shift from export-led growth to an expansion based on consumer spending – while simultaneously trying to deflate a property bubble.
It was a naive attempt to squeeze the social media genie back into the bottle while simultaneously trying to curtail free speech.
We've ignored that insight, and moral philosophers in particular have instead embraced Plato's faith in absolutes, while simultaneously trying to use Aristotle's logic to "rationalize" that faith.
They didn't have to advocate for them while simultaneously trying to cut college loans for middle-class students or medical research on Alzheimer's disease or cancer.
Yet the Nets now face the challenge of integrating so many new faces while simultaneously trying to gain a foothold in a market long dominated by the Knicks.
Lauren Groff pokes fun while simultaneously trying not to panic: "It will be mandated: At every table in every diner in the world, there will sit a writer about the size of a napkin dispenser.
