"If Bashar leaving the scene and exiting Syria brings a stop to the violence and creates a political transition -- that's a lesser of evils, " he said.
Given the very serious EU debt situation, many are viewing the greenback as the lesser of evils in the currency markets, which is limiting the downside for the dollar.
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The U.S. dollar index traded higher morning, on short covering and some safe-haven buying interest on the idea that the U.S. currency is the lesser of evils in the currency markets.
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The U.S. dollar index is trading higher Monday morning, as it is also seeing safe-haven buying interest on the idea that the U.S. currency is the lesser of evils in the currency markets.
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Still, as the lesser of evils, my own preferred way of balancing the budget would be through reductions in federal spending, but the additional tax revenues resulting from increased domestic energy production would shrink the deficit in a way that would be far less damaging than raising existing tax rates.
Mr Chambliss defended his vote on the bail-out as the lesser of two evils.
Skeptics would credibly point out that the Tea Parties merely chose the lesser of two evils.
Unfortunately, the Democrats in that state are only arguably the lesser of two evils.
In this case, argued Miller, the lesser of two evils just wasn't good enough.
In TerraChoice's "six sins" many motorized forms of transport would fall into the "Lesser of Two Evils" category.
Short of liquidating the firm, a mixture of asset sales and a debt-equity swap may be the lesser of many evils.
The scientists say they don't like the idea of a legalised trade but believe it is the lesser of two evils.
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Many congressmen and senators voted for what they saw as the lesser of two evils, this bill versus scheduled across-the-board tax increases.
Because they've always disliked Mr. Blagojevich, a man who owes his career partly to family connections and partly to being the lesser of two evils.
But with an election in September and Ford's sale of Volvo to Geely, a Chinese carmaker, imminent, it concluded that keeping Saab going was the lesser of two evils.
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The idea that a legalised symbolic cut would be the lesser of two evils is not new: it was discussed and rejected in Germany and the Netherlands, for example.
It was very exciting for me, because it is the first time that I actually voted for someone who really represents me rather than for the lesser of two evils.
But that may be the lesser of two evils: capital controls might pose an even greater risk if they lead to a wider loss of confidence in other weak peripheral banking systems.
Dr Georg Bosshard, from the University of Zurich, told the committee that although no doctor really wanted to assist someone to end their life, it was "sometimes the lesser of two evils".
Sectarian faith also rules, the key tenets of which are that good intentions are sufficient to achieve good results, if a policy born of good intentions fails you just need to do more of it, and that the lesser of two evils is as good as it gets.
Perhaps Saddam, evil though he was, was the lesser of the many evils which are waiting to fill the vacuum that has been left by his removal.
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At this moment in time, many people will vote for Khatami because they see him as the lesser of the two evils, for me that is not a choice at all.
Similarly, the popular vote was considered markedly less partisan than the spoils system: the lesser, by far, of two evils.
Let's not say evils, but rather, the lesser of disappointing, defective possibilities.
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