21.   Some of the younger women, yes, do feel torn between being a stay-at-home mom and a career woman in a high-pressure job.

22.   Sometimes Japan seems torn between two perceptions of itself.

23.   The administration seemed torn between trying to reassure an anxious public and issuing information promptly.

24.   The South Korean public seems torn between a desire to see the culprits punished and a fear of economic chaos if leading businessmen are thrown into jail.

25.   They appeared torn between characterizing the tough stand of the Bergen legislators and other opponents as an initial bargaining position for the debate and denouncing it as downright irrational.

26.   Investors seemed torn between their newfound optimism about earnings and the economy and fears that a recovery will take much longer.

27.   When her children were growing up, Clooney says, she felt torn between them and her career.

28.   The poll also revealed more people than previously torn between optimism and pessimism.