While the President cruised in 'Tuscaloosa', American officials in Washington wrestled with the problem of extending aid to Britain.

And officials have been wrestling with the issue of pulling workers off snow-removal trucks to pick up garbage.

As officials here wrestled with some tentative ideas, the French foreign minister, Hubert Védrine, delivered a scathing attack on the administration.

The officials wrestled Tinordi from the pile, but Mallette would not release his grip on Chambers.

While the warming worriers are demanding urgent action, the officials are wrestling with - and alas, wallowing in - the practical problems of doing something.

Across the Bush administration, officials are wrestling with how to counter radical anti-American messages that resonate throughout huge parts of the world.

Since Sept. 11, officials have wrestled with trying to increase hospitals' surge capacity for even a onetime catastrophic event.

Seven years later, environmental officials are still wrestling with Revere's contamination.

Common sense dictates serious local planning for the worst, even as Federal officials wrestle with the budget and international trade issues.

In setting refugee policy, American officials wrestle with an endless series of problems requiring difficult choices.