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Hobson's choice

a situation in which it seems that you can choose between different things or actions, but there is really only one thing that you can take or do. It's Hobson's choice, because if I don't agree to do what they want, I'll lose my job.

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More and more Americans are rightly frustrated that the debate on Iraq among policy-makers and politicians has ossified into a Hobson's choice between "staying the course" and "cutting and running. Breathing room: stepping back to move forward in Iraq by Biden, Joseph R., Jr. / The National Interest If it turns out the building rents, beware because one day (maybe years down the road) when you least expect it, the building may be faced with the Hobson's choice of renewing the lease at some exorbitant rate or buying the land outright, which could result in skyrocketing maintenance and--in the case of purchase--an unsustainable debt burden. Back to basics: Co-op and condo fundamentals matter by Shapiro, Sylvia / Real Estate Weekly The attorney general appears content with saddling Karouni with the Hobson's choice of either returning to Lebanon and facing persecution for future homosexual acts or living a life of celibacy," wrote Judge Harry Pregerson in the Karouni decision. Escaping abuse overseas: gay men from conservative countries are ... by Hudson, Mike / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) More results

More and more Americans are rightly frustrated that the debate on Iraq among policy-makers and politicians has ossified into a Hobson's choice between "staying the course" and "cutting and running.

Breathing room: stepping back to move forward in Iraq by Biden, Joseph R., Jr. / The National Interest

If it turns out the building rents, beware because one day (maybe years down the road) when you least expect it, the building may be faced with the Hobson's choice of renewing the lease at some exorbitant rate or buying the land outright, which could result in skyrocketing maintenance and--in the case of purchase--an unsustainable debt burden.

Back to basics: Co-op and condo fundamentals matter by Shapiro, Sylvia / Real Estate Weekly

The attorney general appears content with saddling Karouni with the Hobson's choice of either returning to Lebanon and facing persecution for future homosexual acts or living a life of celibacy," wrote Judge Harry Pregerson in the Karouni decision.

Escaping abuse overseas: gay men from conservative countries are ... by Hudson, Mike / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

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