He is battling health problems and is on his third period of medical leave, but will stay on in a newly created position as chairman of the board.
As Israel's election campaign begins in earnest on Tuesday with a two-week blitz of television ads, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is battling a problem that, at first glance, may seem enviable: Everyone seems sure that he will win.
In any other country, this might signal panic on the streets, but France believes it is battling bigger economic problems: spiralling public debt, stagnant growth, low business morale and high unemployment.
Damaturu is battling with perennial problems of poor drinking or tap water quality, irregular and inadequate supply, inefficient water-related services, and lack of coverage of tap water connectivity.
Meanwhile, Clarke is battling a weight problem at around 245 pounds, at least 20 pounds overweight.
Rudy Fernandez, the team's electrifying swingman, is battling a nerve problem in his back.
Share prices, inflation rates and bond yields are all falling (see Buttonwood); the oil price is slumping; China is battling a debt problem (see article).
Dani's ex-boyfriend, Matt (Micah Alberti), is battling his gambling problem and having a clandestine fling with Tina, who is, as she puts it, happy to give him dessert without being taken out to dinner.
Home is a lilac house on Lilac Street, shared with a mutt named Babs (after Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California) and a pot-bellied pig named Ruby (inspiration unclear) who is battling a weight problem.
David is battling a serious booze problem.
