One result of the conference was to show, as Poincaré had foreseen, the irreconcilable opposition between the Soviets and the Western nations.

Even so, important features of his pre-emptive strike against what he calls his "irreconcilable opposition" remain in place.

"Power in the Supreme Soviet of Russia has been seized by a group of persons who have turned it into the headquarters of irreconcilable opposition," he added.

The concept of Catch-22 is also represented in the character of Colonel Cathcart, as he consists entirely of irreconcilable oppositions and maintains an illogical thought process that echoes that of the catch.

After Lenin's return to Russia in April 1917, Krylenko adopted the new Bolshevik policy of irreconcilable opposition to the Provisional Government.

President Boris N. Yeltsin went on television today to claim his victory in the April 25 referendum and to condemn the "irreconcilable opposition" for the clash with the police in Moscow on May Day.

For Ms. Doniger this irreconcilable opposition has an almost philosophical dimension.

The communist Greens insist that Die Grünen's posture in the Bundestag must be one of 'irreconcilable opposition to and critique of existing conditions'.

But in the past the suggestions came from the "irreconcilable opposition" - the embittered Communists and nationalists.

The march down Tverskaya had been called by what is known as the "irreconcilable opposition" - the National Salvation Front, various successors to the Communist Party and various militant nationalist organizations.