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Yet the president further mired himself in the controversy by telling journalists that Chancellor Angela Merkel had planned similar actions against Roma in Germany—a claim that the German leader denied.

Mr. Howard's first movie as a director was the tight little pleaser "Grand Theft Auto," and while he has periodically offered up a surprise (the western "The Missing"), he has often mired himself in commercial sludge like "The Da Vinci Code," sporadically trying to break free with serious-minded prestige items, like "Frost/Nixon".

Mr. Cuomo, who is running to succeed Mr. Paterson as governor, has for weeks avoided miring himself in Albany's budget fight.

Mr. Bush has been loath to mire himself and the United States in the Kashmir dispute, but has been forced by the events of Sept. 11 to try to be a stabilizing voice in the region.

Even if he is going back to his home state -- Jordan is from the Houston area -- he is essentially giving up a chance at an NBA championship, moving 1,400 miles to mire himself in mediocrity.

Mr Bercow has contrived to perfect a tone of moral leadership on this issue despite having been knee-deep in the mire himself.

But Mr. Paladino repeatedly found himself mired in controversy.

Now he finds himself mired in a tedious, dispiriting back-and-forth.

Buccaneers (0-4) at Eagles (2-1) Donovan McNabb usually returns from an injury hiatus to find himself mired in a quarterback controversy.

Although it fills him with existential dread, Rackham still gets out of bed every morning to somehow, yet again, find himself mired in trouble of the strangest kind.

So it was a shock when, in just six months, he found himself mired in such a deep depression he could barely function.