1.   Once more they tried to throw Clinton off balance and once more he deftly showed them up, visibly fighting to contain his laughter.

2.   Firefighters fought to contain the blaze Saturday, while missiles in the depot continued to explode, ITAR-Tass said.

3.   State officials are fighting to contain a growing public health problem from farms, industries and sewage systems devastated by Hurricane Floyd and its ensuing floodwaters.

4.   The building burned to the ground as firefighters fought to contain the blaze.

5.   With war-traumatised refugees dying by the minute, overwhelmed medics fought to contain the spreading epidemic as soldiers from the French intervention force in Rwanda turned gravediggers.