Mr. Khatami was finally sworn in on Wednesday, but he faces a protracted struggle with conservative clerics who have the institutional power to cripple his boldest initiatives.
Mr. Davis said a visit to the devastation of the World Trade Center played a role in his resolve to step down without delay, sparing Lincoln Center a protracted struggle.
SEIU now faces a protracted struggle with NUHW for workers' loyalty, unable to argue that its lawsuit will put its rival out of business.
Only after a protracted struggle was the opposition overcome.
After a protracted struggle, conscription was belatedly introduced.
Hyundai and Kia now face a protracted struggle to restore their reputations.
The security deterioration has occurred amid a protracted struggle over the succession to become police chief.
He'd reply: "Look, man, we're in for a long struggle, a protracted struggle.
Syria, engaged in a protracted struggle, the outcome of which is still uncertain, remains in the center.
The Tang allied with one of Goguryeo's Korean enemies in a protracted struggle for supremacy on the peninsula.
Occasional buildups of strokes in certain passages, usually faces, advertise a protracted struggle to get the details right.
