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To be sure, nearly all players in the global economy have grappled with the question of how open borders should be.

'Just a year ago, wages were rising steadily as we grappled with labor shortages, ' Ms. Zhou said.

There was little appetite for deals as executives grappled with potential scandals, new regulations and a difficult economic environment.

Over the past decade there have been occasional funding crunches as the site has grappled with its rapid growth.

One of the corner cases that file systems have grappled with revolves around how journal file systems function.

A 2001 management shake-up, as Cisco grappled with a sales slump after the dot-com boom, was designed to streamline the company.

It's the eternal question every mountaineer has grappled with, and to which few have given coherent replies.

The cashier grappled with the bank robber, but was thrown to the ground.

Still, America lacks several advantages Japan had as it grappled with the aftermath of its burst bubbles.

The brave captain grappled with the enemy's ships and boarded them.

But the United States and its allies ran into the same problem the Iranians have grappled with: the P-1 is a balky, badly designed machine.

Over the past two years, the world's biggest economies have grappled with the threat of a new Great Depression.

On a global basis, IPO issuance was similarly slow around the world in October as markets grappled with the European debt crisis.

Our soldiers grappled with the enemy at close range.

Some one tried to poach our market manager; she grappled with her moral dilemma.

e. g. Some one tried to poach our market manager; she grappled with her moral dilemma.

The 2009 meeting was a relatively subdued affair as investors grappled with a crippling recession.

A politician who grappled with it would earn the gratitude of millions.

vi. We grappled with the enemy at close range.

Philosophers , dramatists , theologians have grappled with this question for centuries : What makes people go wrong ?

He grappled with the thief in the dark.

The Republican Party certainly needs to update its agenda to deal with problems Reagan never grappled with.

Now Google may be facing the same issue that its predecessors grappled with more than a decade ago.

She grappled with her assailant but her husband got away.

Recently, a number of writers have grappled with this innovation slowdown.

grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time.

Groupon, in particular, has grappled with a series of missteps.

Asia grappled with inflation, not least as hot money flooded into the region.

Aside from the book project suit and subsequent delays, he may not have really grappled with too many obstacles -- until now.

Unlike many authors of grief books, Berger has grappled with grief her entire life.

At the Earth Summit in Brazil in 1992, delegates grappled with issues of environment and development.

France has grappled with this conundrum for years.

Big cities have long grappled with the issue, and say they are making progress.

It seems that Paul grappled with the same thing.

Immelt isn't the first CEO to break ranks and talk bluntly about the problems multinationals grappled with in China.

the two men grappled with each other for several minutes.

At this meeting we grappled with the most important, strategic issues in our economic relationship.

Other countries have grappled with this question, and so must we.

Then, individual studios grappled with rival technologies in the hope that one would become dominant in home entertainment.

Regulators in Japan, the U. S. and elsewhere have grappled with differing data and estimates of the plant's dangers.

The moment a diver grappled with a 12ft tiger shark to save a friend