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Michael Lipham, in Ann Arbor, Mich., says he, too, "grappled" with whether to restrict the funds he was giving to a family member "to something about which I would feel good."

Money to Grandma? The Readers Vent. 2008

We went to the same schools, in more and more intimate companionship, from the time we were twelve until we were twenty years of age; and our lives and hearts were "grappled" to each other with "links of steel" ever after.

The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air 1888

"God does not play dice," Albert Einstein famously said as he grappled with the uncertainty of quantum mechanics.

Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H.: Why the Wild Winter Weather? Paul R. Epstein 2011

Events in Afghanistan serve as a spur for biographical flashbacks showing how Gen. Petraeus grappled with similar challenges in past commands.

Measuring the Man in Charge Max Boot 2012

"Listening to him describe how he grappled with a sense of anger and frustration coupled with his personal mandate to lead our country through this devastating attack was incredibly powerful."

George W. Bush Gives First Interview About Osama bin Laden: "I Felt a Sense of Closure" 2011

"God does not play dice," Albert Einstein famously said as he grappled with the uncertainty of quantum mechanics.

Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H.: Why the Wild Winter Weather? Paul R. Epstein 2011

European stocks ended a choppy session in the black Tuesday, as investors grappled with a mixed bag of economic data.

European Stocks End Higher Michele Maatouk 2011

Also, the company's Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. subsidiary—India's biggest car maker by volume—since June has grappled with labor problems at its Manesar factory that have disrupted production.

Suzuki's Net Falls 4.7% on Yen, India Crunch Yoshio Takahashi 2012

Still, with "Game Over" out of print and out of date, who will tell the saga of how Nintendo trounced upstart Sega, grappled with Microsoft's Xbox, triumphed with the Wii and now contends with casual gaming on phones?

Mario's Many Fathers James Kennedy 2011

The LIRR has long grappled with a patchwork of federal regulations, contract provisions and union work rules that contribute to costs per employee that are higher than other units of New York's mass-transit operator, the cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Prosecutors: $1 Billion Scam Derailed Chad Bray 2011