As he slowly made his way to the phone banks, signing company T-shirts "Luv, Herb," a manager struggled to manage.

In contrast, recent games have ended with starters watching the final innings on a plane flight home, while managers struggled to give every reserve player an at-bat.

Such have been the series of unfortunate events, colliding within such a short period, even the most experienced manager would have struggled to find an instant remedy.

On the first business day of the walkout, 57,000 managers struggled to fill in for 155,000 strikers, and thousands of callers found there were long delays before reaching operators.

American managers trying to set up businesses in Mexico have struggled to overcome that trait, often with little success.

The managers of the American Festival Theater, as its is now known, are struggling to assemble a brief summer season.

Mr. Lorenzo and his managers are struggling to rebuild the airline amid the uncertainties that come with bankruptcy.

The manager of an American film star struggles to cope with her behaviour.

LIKE most other investors, managers of mutual funds that regard themselves as "socially responsible" have been struggling.

But for 18 months Mr. Speyer's managers have struggled to rent the center's 510,000 square feet of retail space, of which 100,000 feet is below street level.