So, while officials grapple with these problems, the number of uninsured keeps growing.

Meanwhile, officials are also grappling with the troubling statistics for tuberculosis, rabies and Lyme disease.

American officials here are grappling with other political pitfalls.

But Dr. Jarvis added that officials were grappling with having more students back in the city than had been expected.

And officials are grappling with continuing scarcity of foods subject to price controls, like beef, eggs, sugar and milk.

For months, federal and state officials have been grappling with what the government could do to keep such an incident from happening again.

Yesterday, officials were grappling with the delicate question of when a threat - especially one as detailed as the one described Sunday - expires.

Part of the problem is that Polish officials are still grappling with just what new economic path they want to follow.

The scarcity of workers is making Dutch officials grapple with immigration issues unresolved for decades.

In recent months, officials have grappled with other issues that reflect the enduring anguish of the shootings.