11.   It seems more a case of a protracted struggle to assemble a vision as a way of moving into the light.

12.   Khatami was finally sworn in on Wednesday, but he faces a protracted struggle with conservative clerics who have the institutional power to cripple his boldest initiatives.

13.   Kohler became managing director after a protracted struggle that pitted the United States and several other nations against Germany.

14.   Miles has doggedly produced dramas written by women and hired women as directors and conductors in the protracted struggle to integrate them in professional theater.

15.   One thing that Al Gore and his advisers have learned quickly in the protracted post-electoral struggle for power is that the Bush family is a many-tentacled creature.

16.   Perot, who rebuffed suggestions that he leave the race and endorse Dole, says he is ready for a protracted political struggle.

17.   Over the longer term, the protracted struggle is likely to leave permanent changes in French and even European banking.

18.   Rumsfeld forecast a protracted struggle without dramatic moments like those of World War II.

19.   She describes hitting rock bottom during a protracted struggle with her son Ben, when he was a teenager oblivious to the mess in his midst.

20.   Tenet has accepted the criticism, explaining that he was distracted by his protracted struggle for Senate confirmation and other matters.