The workers do not object in principle, but fear that the contractors are trying to shed responsibility for laid-off and retired employees.

At last, I realized what my contractor, my wife and my floors had been trying to tell me.

Every contractor is out there trying to sell a different model for surveillance.

The Bush Administration and the military contractors themselves are trying various remedies.

Other contractors tried to compete, but Anthony's father had an edge: he knew those houses inside and out.

Every contractor is trying to figure out what nationality will be acceptable.

And while veterans groups and private contractors have tried to pick up the slack, there are not enough players to go around.

Some contractors have been trying to drum up business by knocking on doors they would like to replace.

Meanwhile, the armed services and their contractors are trying to convince Americans how well everything worked.

It has been drained, and the contractors are trying to determine the source of the problem.