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absurd academicianship acceptance accountantship active site admiralty ambassadorship antigenic determinant apostleship apprenticeship associateship attorneyship bailiffship ballgame baronetage bishopry cadetship caliphate captaincy captainship cardinalship chair chairmanship challenge chancellorship chaplaincy chaplainship chieftaincy chieftainship childlessness clerkship close quarters commandership commandery complication comptrollership conflict of interest consulship controllership councillorship councilorship counsellorship counselorship crisis crowding crunch curacy curatorship custodianship dead end deadlock deanery deanship determinant directorship discipleship disequilibrium editorship eldership element embroilment emirate environment episcopate epitope equilibrium exclusion fatherhood feudal lordship fish bowl fishbowl foremanship generalcy generalship goldfish bowl governorship headship hornet''s nest hornets'' nest hot potato hot seat hotbed how-do-you-do how-d''ye-do imbroglio impasse inclusion incubus incumbency inspectorship instructorship internship intestacy judgeship judicature khanate lectureship legateship legation legislatorship librarianship lieutenancy locus locus of infection magistracy magistrature managership manhood marshalship mastership mayoralty messiahship Mexican standoff moderatorship new ballgame nightmare no-win situation overlordship pass pastorate pastorship peasanthood picture place plum poverty trap praetorship precentorship preceptorship prefecture prelacy prelature premiership presidency presidentship primateship principalship priorship prison prison house proconsulate proconsulship proctorship professorship protectorship public office purgatory quicksand rabbinate receivership rectorate rectorship regency rejection residency restriction site rulership sainthood scene secretaryship seigneury seigniory senatorship shoes sinecure size size of it solicitorship soup speakership square one stalemate standstill status quo stewardship strait straits studentship stymie stymy swamp teachership thaneship the absurd thing throne ticking bomb time bomb tinderbox treasurership tribuneship trusteeship urgency vice-presidency viceroyship viziership wardenship wardership womanhood