Edi Rama, the mayor of Tirana, capital of Albania, faces a familiar struggle for a boss these days, to get and keep good staff.
The cultures are as different as mountains and desert, and for outsiders, there is a familiar struggle to see the place as it truly is, not as we might wish it would be.
What many young Iranians see as a familiar struggle for justice, economic dignity and freedom from dictatorial rule, Iranian officialdom has struggled to spin as a belated Arab attempt to emulate the Islamic revolution and join Tehran in its battle against America and Israel.
In order to live up to its name, therefore, Best Buy has had to offer the same prices as Amazon, eBay and other online hawkers, while continuing to bear the onerous costs of a nationwide network of physical stores as well as sales taxes from which its online rivals are, in effect, exempted.This is a familiar struggle across the retail industry.
Eventually, though, the opium got the upper hand on his editorship, and, trying to go cold turkey, De Quincey got strung out in a familiar struggle between "the collision of both evils — that from the laudanum and that from the want of laudanum," and had to quit the job.
Eventually, though, the opium got the upper hand on his editorship, and, trying to go cold turkey, De Quincey got strung out in a familiar struggle between "the collision of both evils that from the laudanum and that from the want of laudanum," and had to quit the job.
This is a familiar battle, the local guy struggling against the behemoths from out of town.
What had been an old and familiar struggle among the candidates over the original war resolution took on new vigor as the candidates clashed this time over the $87 billion vote, which exposed new fissures among the Democratic candidates.
As a cross-party inquiry into homelessness begins public hearings, we spoke about the disturbingly familiar struggle to keep a roof overhead.
The Defence Department and Mr Cheney want to be tougher.This familiar struggle has produced a policy vacuum, increasing debate outside the administration.
Here in Charleston and the rest of the southwestern coast, there is particular uncertainty as the region faces a familiar Northwest struggle.
