square the circle

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square the circle

to find a good solution to a problem when that seems impossible, especially because the people involved have very different needs or opinions about it Few poor countries can afford to look after their works of art properly, but neglect is unwise if you want to attract tourists. Thailand is attempting to square the circle.

See also: circle, square

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Hippocrates tries to square the circle, and succeeds in squaring the lune. [pi]: the chronicle by Scott, Paul / Australian Mathematics Teacher The Tranmere manager has to square the circle of having only three specialist defenders fit and available to fill four positions across the back-line in a game of heavy significance to the League One promotion race. Football: Moore facing selection dilemma at Yeovil; COCA-COLA LEAGUE ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) In an attempt to square the circle, Lord Justice Nicholson added that Shoukri could always apply for bail from a different judge if he felt he was being treated unfairly. IHAB CAUSES COURT CHAOS by The Mirror (London, England)			sprinkle with sprout sprout up sprout wings spruce spruce up spur spur on spurt out sputter out spy on squabble squabble about squabble over squabble with squander squander away squander on square square accounts square away square deal square off square peg in a round hole square shoulders square the circle square up square up to square up with square with squared away squash squash down squash in squash into squash up squash up against squat squawk about squeak squeak by squeak through squeaking wheel gets the oil squeaky squeaky clean squeal squeal like a stuck pig squeal with squeeze squeeze by squeeze from			Square root of polynomial Square root of polynomial Square Root of the Mean Square Error Square Root of the Sum of the Squares Square Root Raised Cosine square root sign Square roots Square roots Square Roots Modulo N Square Route Rally square sail square sails square search square set square shoot square shoot square shooter square shoulders Square Spiral Antenna Square Spiral Inductor Square Spiral Slot Antenna square splice square staff Square Stalked St. John's Wort Square Stemmed St. John's Wort Square stern square tape square the circle square thread square tin Square to Round square toes square up square up square up square up square up to square up with Square wave Square wave Square wave Square wave Square Wave Alternating Current square wave jerk square wave jerk square wave jerk rate Square Wave Voltammetry Square waves Square waves Square waves Square wheel Square wheels Square Window square with square with square yard square yard square yard

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